How to use piano metronome correctly

Many people may say: Many pianists used to have great skills. There was no metronome at that time, so it was useless for us to learn the piano, but it was not. As an auxiliary tool of modern musical instrument learning, metronome has its inevitability. Since it is an auxiliary tool, we can neither completely rely on it nor completely deny its function. Today, I sorted out how to use the piano metronome correctly, hoping to help you.

Correct use of piano metronome

First, the timing of metronome entering piano learning

Many people are concerned about when to start using metronome and at which stage to learn piano. In fact, there is no need to deliberately define it accurately. Generally speaking, two factors can be considered: age and level.

The age limit is for children. If the child is too young, the coordination ability of hand and brain is limited. At this time, using metronome will increase their burden of learning piano, so they can generally start using metronome after their children go to school (if there is no problem with their intellectual development, of course, genius is not excluded).

The level can be determined according to the etudes played. It is recommended to use metronome after learning 599.

To sum up, the timing of metronome entering piano learning is not absolute. What needs to be considered is basically what I said above. If you learn piano from a regular teacher, it is best to ask the teacher, because the teacher knows your level best. His advice is also the most accurate.

Second, the application of metronome in practice

In this part, I mainly pay attention to the teaching materials of amateur piano learning in China. The introduction to the use of metronome is divided into two parts: Hanon and Etudes.

A) the use of metronome in Hanon

Every Hanno starts with a speed (for example, the first Hanno is 108). This speed refers to the speed you will eventually reach when practicing this. How do you know how fast this speed is? How to practice? You can't play so fast in the first place, can you? The metronome is needed at this time.

I take Hanon's first rule as an example to illustrate how to use the metronome when playing Hanon. The other 59 rules are basically the same.

First, you must finish the lyrics of this song. I believe it's not difficult, is it?

Secondly, turn on the metronome and set it to a speed, so that you can fully increase the speed of each finger.

Then, play at this speed.

Finally, a space increases the speed of the metronome until 108.

B) the use of metronomes in etudes

When playing etudes, the use of metronome is similar to Hanon's, but it should be noted that the speed is not indicated in the general etudes textbooks, so it is necessary to use metronome to control the recording speed according to the recording. Listen. Come out and follow in Hanon's footsteps.

However, it should be noted that the period of Hanon's acceleration is generally longer than that of etudes. For example, you may only give Hanun one pace a week, while the etude may add several paces a day, so remember one thing: haste makes waste. Only by stabilizing a speed can we improve the speed!

Third, the problems that can be solved by using metronome

A) technical difficulties

Solution: separate the difficult fragments, slow down, play one note at a time, and then accelerate after the bounce is stable. When the speed reaches 208, adjust the speed to 1 12, play two tones at a time, then play four tones at a time, or more. When you feel that you are struggling with this speed, slow down a few more times, repeat the previous method and repeat the cycle. When you reach the required speed of the song, the technical difficulties have been basically solved.

B) difficulty in rhythm

Solution: Separate the difficult paragraphs, slow down and split the whole beat into zero beats. For example, in the case of 44 beats, we encounter a quarter note with dots. As we all know, this represents one and a half beats, but how to grasp it? This means that the whole beat can be divided into zero beats, that is, the quarter note can be divided into two beats, so one and a half beats is three beats of the metronome. In this way, complex rhythms can be transformed into simple rhythms.

Especially the left two and right three, we can dissolve it into two beats with our right hand and three beats with our left hand. It is very helpful for friends who are new to this kind of music.

C) difficulty in speed

Many friends often encounter the situation that they can't improve their speed, and they can also practice with metronome. First, turn the metronome to a relatively slow speed, so that you won't feel tired. Then add a speed, a speed to ensure that each speed is stable. Until you can't add any more, then slow down and repeat the previous steps. In a few days, your speed will be significantly improved.

D) unstable beat and uneven sound

Solution: basically the same as the first step, with little explanation.

Fourth, songs that are not suitable for using metronomes

The relative metronome plays an important role in fingering and etudes, but it is not obvious in the following songs:

1. Change

2. Soothing lyrical music

3. Free-speed music

4. Others (strictly speaking, except for non-concert etudes, most songs do not use metronomes as a whole, but a large number of songs can use metronomes)

In addition, although I introduced how to use metronome to deal with the uneven beat between the left and right hands, I don't advocate using metronome for this kind of uneven music, because too mechanization will lead to so-called dependence, so the above is just an introduction as a method.