What song are you working on?

@yuriythebest - First of all big CONGRATS on using the metronome. You’re doing something that 90% of people don’t, and I encourage you to KEEP IT UP!

It has already produced great dividends. You’re next post of the video already feels more relaxed and in the pocket then your previous video from before working with the metronome.

Now regarding this recording, if you listen very carefully to your recording, see if you can tell that most of your notes are coming before the click.

The first few notes of the melody are good, and then they progressively get earlier and earlier relative to the click. This rushing is a normal problem that most us have to work tirelessly to correct, and I’ve written about here: How Not to Rush (The Cure for Premature Articulation)

BTW - I got the term “Premature Articulation” from my the late great Ollie Mitchell, who was trumpeter in the Wrecking Crew in LA in it’s golden age, and retired on the island here and was my wife’s mentor.

The thing that’s really gonna help you right now is making the click twice as fast. If your metronome is on 1/4 notes, change it to 1/8’s, or if it doesn’t have denominations just double whatever BPM you’re at right now.

That should make it much easier to hear how earlier many of your notes are, and should be helpful at this stage in the game. (Once you’re lining up really well, then we remove the training wheels. But for now, the work is to get those notes to LINE UP.)

Keep up the good work man. HUGE improvement already with just a bit of practice. Don’t grow weary in your well-doing!

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