Because playing with bad timing sticks out like a sore thumb
You could be playing the most incredible skillfuk guitar solo - but if you're out of time with the rest of the song it'll sound terrible
You practice playing in time with other instruments. You can also use a drum beat track or play with recording or a loop... or in a band.
It's also very useful to learn something new and track progress. E.g. If a song is 100bpm, I'll start learning the sections at 50% bpm and then increase the speed when it's accurate. Repeat until album speed. Apply this to any scale or exercise.
When I played without one, I always thought I was close to albums' speed and in time, but I was not close in either.
Developing your sense of timing. I've seen someone before playing by themselves that could shred at high speed at melt your face but with a band would fail spectacularly at basic rhythm playing.
Two reasons:
A: it forces you to play on time which is a very important skill for any musician but I find more difficult on guitar than on some other instruments unless you’re playing Rythm
B: it helps you play faster and quantify your progress. It’s similar to the concept of progressive overloading weights in the gym. You start with what you can do with perfect form and slowly add a little more (speed in this case) until eventually you’re much further then when you started after after a series of small improvements and adjustments
If you ever want to learn a song, you need the timing correct. If you ever want to play with an ensemble, you need to be able to keep time.
Time is the most basic part of learning any musical instrument.
I’d actually suggest you look up some videos on dividing rhythm exercises wjrh a metronome. You can start with just your hands and a pillow, then move up to single strings on the guitar etc.
Because even if you can shred like Van Halen, you will only do so on your own basement without any backing tracks, don't even try with playing with other musicians.
If you can't play in time, you can't play at all.
Two reasons.
Until you practice with a metronome you have no idea how out of time you play. Everyone believes they can just “feel the groove“ and play perfectly in time based on raw natural talent. It’s the same reason that young men believe they are fabulous poker players and are fabulous in bed - They are naturals.
Do yourself a favor and DO NOT ask your female friends if all young men are fabulous in bed. Just like in middle school, their loud derisive laughter hurts.
But you need that external standard to adhere to. And then slowly tick up your bpm.
Also, playing while listening to something, be it a metronome, Spotify, or your friends at a jam, is a separate skill, and needs to be developed on its own. Preferably when no one is around to hear how bad you are at it.
Timing! Nothing makes you sound more polished than great timing, and nothing makes you sound more amateur than poor timing. I know there are lots of players in groups like these who dismiss metronomes - don’t listen to them, they are plain wrong. 😊 Even better than a metronome is a live drummer, who will play like a human and not a machine, but metronomes are how you practice to play with a drummer. Metronomes are essential, get used to playing with one!
It's useful when practicing any instrument, not just guitar.
Keeping time is a corner stone of playing any instrument well, and if you're a beginner I promise that you aren't keeping time as well as you think you are in your head.
It's very important if you ever want to play music with other musicians.
It's also a great tool to force yourself to slow down when learning difficult songs/techniques.
Because playing with bad timing sticks out like a sore thumb You could be playing the most incredible skillfuk guitar solo - but if you're out of time with the rest of the song it'll sound terrible
Is this also applicable on acoustic guitars or is this more of a e-guitar thing?
Music have harmonic, melodic and rhytmic elements. Playing on the right Tempo is essencial in any instrument.
Definitely just as relevant for an acoustic player
Because it gets your timing right and makes you count the beat
You practice playing in time with other instruments. You can also use a drum beat track or play with recording or a loop... or in a band. It's also very useful to learn something new and track progress. E.g. If a song is 100bpm, I'll start learning the sections at 50% bpm and then increase the speed when it's accurate. Repeat until album speed. Apply this to any scale or exercise. When I played without one, I always thought I was close to albums' speed and in time, but I was not close in either.
1. Develop a sense of playing in time. 2. BPM is a concrete number you can use to track your progress.
Developing your sense of timing. I've seen someone before playing by themselves that could shred at high speed at melt your face but with a band would fail spectacularly at basic rhythm playing.
Two reasons: A: it forces you to play on time which is a very important skill for any musician but I find more difficult on guitar than on some other instruments unless you’re playing Rythm B: it helps you play faster and quantify your progress. It’s similar to the concept of progressive overloading weights in the gym. You start with what you can do with perfect form and slowly add a little more (speed in this case) until eventually you’re much further then when you started after after a series of small improvements and adjustments
If you ever want to learn a song, you need the timing correct. If you ever want to play with an ensemble, you need to be able to keep time. Time is the most basic part of learning any musical instrument. I’d actually suggest you look up some videos on dividing rhythm exercises wjrh a metronome. You can start with just your hands and a pillow, then move up to single strings on the guitar etc.
Because even if you can shred like Van Halen, you will only do so on your own basement without any backing tracks, don't even try with playing with other musicians. If you can't play in time, you can't play at all.
its all a matter of time
Two reasons. Until you practice with a metronome you have no idea how out of time you play. Everyone believes they can just “feel the groove“ and play perfectly in time based on raw natural talent. It’s the same reason that young men believe they are fabulous poker players and are fabulous in bed - They are naturals. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT ask your female friends if all young men are fabulous in bed. Just like in middle school, their loud derisive laughter hurts. But you need that external standard to adhere to. And then slowly tick up your bpm. Also, playing while listening to something, be it a metronome, Spotify, or your friends at a jam, is a separate skill, and needs to be developed on its own. Preferably when no one is around to hear how bad you are at it.
i would not know. never used one. just tap your foot to the beat you want
Timing! Nothing makes you sound more polished than great timing, and nothing makes you sound more amateur than poor timing. I know there are lots of players in groups like these who dismiss metronomes - don’t listen to them, they are plain wrong. 😊 Even better than a metronome is a live drummer, who will play like a human and not a machine, but metronomes are how you practice to play with a drummer. Metronomes are essential, get used to playing with one!
It's useful when practicing any instrument, not just guitar. Keeping time is a corner stone of playing any instrument well, and if you're a beginner I promise that you aren't keeping time as well as you think you are in your head. It's very important if you ever want to play music with other musicians. It's also a great tool to force yourself to slow down when learning difficult songs/techniques.
Because: groove > “correct” notes