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Yes, I've heard some people mentioning a metronome a couple of times, and I just want to know if you think it's necessary for a beginner to use a metronome?

I think it's best to start with a metronome. Because it's harder to start using one later if you didn't start with one. I didn't start with one and my timing was abyssmal.....yes, get one!

It's not necessary, as in you're going to suck if you don't, but it is definitely a very good idea.

Not necessary, but a brilliant idea. Your sense of time will develop much faster using one than not using one. And if there's one thing beginning players often suffer from, it's timing issues.

Best thing you can do for yourself is practice to a metronome.

Don't pay attention to these slackers.

Necessary, no, but HIGHLY recommended. It'll make an enormous difference in your playing. Plus, as you are trying to learn, when you come across anything too fast for you to play, slow it down to the point where you can execute it comfortably, then go one click faster, do it again. Soon, you'll nail it at tempo. Maybe most importantly, if you ever record and have to play to a click track, metronome experience will be invaluable. It's a lot harder to play to a click than you might think! I have been playing for 17 years, and (at the advice of a friend who is an unbelievably good guitar player) have recently busted out the 'nome again, and it's making a huge difference in my playing. GET ONE and (more importantly) USE IT!!!

Learn to groove to a metronome and you'll be a good guitarist.

i asked about this a while ago and i have since got a metronome..im very new to guitar but i've learned a LOT faster in the short time using a metronome than in the time when i didnt...id say go for it!..it can only help ya

It is important to keep your timimg if you are playing with a band. The drummer may be keeping the band together, but you still have to keep up. Practicing with a metronome will definitely help you improve in a much faster pace. Unless you wnat to play all by youself, a metronome is highly remommended.

Its also an invaluable tool for annoyance at school, work, or church.

Better using it right from the start than later on. It's always a good idea to start with some things early on...like alternate picking. Learn that early and it's much easier to play fast and naturally later on.

Absolutely.

Alrighty, that's it guys, I'm getting one then..is there any not too expensive metronomes you can recommend?

I would recommend getting one with a volume control, and possibly an earbud jack. And one with a tempo knob - I had one with arrows for tempo, and it was a huge pain to go from, say, 92 bmp to 156 bpm.

Do you think this would be good enough for me:

from : localhost/looks good, plus it's pretty cheap here in Denmark.


Originally Posted by SuneDo you think this would be good enough for me:

from : localhost/looks good, plus it's pretty cheap here in Denmark.Looks nice to me. How much is it there?

converted to finnish money it's about 199-200FIM,
converted to dollars it's about 40-41 dollars.


Originally Posted by SuneDo you think this would be good enough for me:

from : localhost/looks good, plus it's pretty cheap here in Denmark.

That one looks good, but I still say it's easier to use one with a knob than those arrow buttons you have to mash on to change tempo. But it's a personal preference. I guess with that one you can tap a tempo, then probably adjust it as needed.

Well, maybe it is easier with a knob, but I just don't want to spend a million on a metronome, and this seems good for the price.

Hey, here's another recommendation... look into a cheap drum machine, or a cheap effects procesor (digiteck rp 50 or 100) with drum loops built in.