I had tried metronome several times, either on other instruments or Ukulele. Each time I gave it up after a while, because it's too difficult to follow the metronome (no matter the speed is slow or fast) and it messed up my practice, so I felt against it.
Now I retry metronome the Nth time, and I find there is a lot of fun,
1, It's not that difficult to follow the rhythm with the metronome after a little practice, especially on the tunes that has simple rhythm. That gives me more confidence to continue using metronome.
2, Being on rhythm increases the musicality dramatically. That's very important in playing instrument.
3, Chromatic scale exercise is boring, scale exercise is boring, arpeggios exercise is boring, but using metronome makes them less boring, and add much fun to them. Now I like to practice those boring stuff every day.
If you didn't use a metronome, start using it now. I'm using it in my daily practice now.
I'm using metronome software on the computer and on android phone. The feature I found very useful while many metronome apps lack is, save/load the playlist. Fortunately I manage to find some apps with that feature.
What I'm not quite satisfied with is, there is no one app that works on both computer and phone and allow me to synchronize the playlist across devices. That means I have to make playlists for different devices separately. If you know such software, please let me know.
I post this thread not only to share my experience, but also remind me not to give up metronome again.
Now I retry metronome the Nth time, and I find there is a lot of fun,
1, It's not that difficult to follow the rhythm with the metronome after a little practice, especially on the tunes that has simple rhythm. That gives me more confidence to continue using metronome.
2, Being on rhythm increases the musicality dramatically. That's very important in playing instrument.
3, Chromatic scale exercise is boring, scale exercise is boring, arpeggios exercise is boring, but using metronome makes them less boring, and add much fun to them. Now I like to practice those boring stuff every day.
If you didn't use a metronome, start using it now. I'm using it in my daily practice now.
I'm using metronome software on the computer and on android phone. The feature I found very useful while many metronome apps lack is, save/load the playlist. Fortunately I manage to find some apps with that feature.
What I'm not quite satisfied with is, there is no one app that works on both computer and phone and allow me to synchronize the playlist across devices. That means I have to make playlists for different devices separately. If you know such software, please let me know.
I post this thread not only to share my experience, but also remind me not to give up metronome again.