Hi,
How do I set a metronome for waltz time, sixteenth note and eigth note strumming patterns?
First, a metronome doesnât care what your strumming patterns are. it clicks on the beat. sixteenth notes and eighth notes occur between beats so you need to interpolate those yourself and keep things lined up with the beats that the metronome ticks.
second, some metronomes wonât care what the time signature is. if all the beat clicks are the same and it doesnât do anything fancy like track measures, then you are the one that has to keep straight which one is beat 1 and so on.
some have a different-sounding click on beat 1 and get more complex beyond that. For those, maybe it can do other time signatures and maybe not. As with your amp question, you need to provide more details on WHICH metronome youâre talking about. It matters, because they will all be different as far as which settings they offer and how you change them.
I have a Boss Rhythm Partner as my metronome/drum machine. it has specific buttons to change the time signature.
The âBeatâ button on mine lets me cycle between 3/4, 4/4, and 6/8 time signature options. It canât do anything else. It doesnât have a neat way to handle 2/4 time, for example. No matter what, Iâll have to work things out in my head to adapt something. More complex time signatures are the same. I CAN set it so all the clicks sound the same, at least. I can also ignore the measure counter on the device. But trying to use it for drum rhythms for really odd time signatures is probably not a good idea.
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Hi Martin, I use Justinâs Time Trainer App (which you can download from Google Play for a very cheap price, I think it was about 2 or 3⏠when I got it years ago) and it works great! Itâs now a tool I canât do without!
Here are some screenshots
WALTZ TIME
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16th notes - this might help you to visualize and understand your patterns but I wouldnât use it for actual practice - Nate is right when he says
As said setting the subdivisions can help you to visualise and understand, but probably not with the feelingâŚfor that THE BEAT is your reference point.
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