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Originally Posted by Neilsonite
No worries Nem, I think I understand what you're asking about... Did you try listening to the exercise I posted? You might need to do that repeatedly over the next week or so... I really believe that it's one thing to intellectually know how the rhythms are counted out, and another thing to feel it. In my experience, counting along with a metronome (rather than simply counting without a metronome to guide you) will help internalize the sense of rhythm. After a while, you will be able to hear a metronome, and automatically know how any note grouping will sound without counting it out.
So, in answer to your question about focusing on the accents versus focusing on the subdivisions, I think it's both. In bar 15, I see that the first 'beat' (i.e. 1/4-note metronome tick) has two 1/8 notes, and the second beat has four 1/16 notes. But, I don't count 1___&___2_e_&_a when I'm playing, I just feel the 1/4 note pulse, and lining the subdivisions up with that pulse, I hear "da____da____da_da_da_da". You could try setting a metronome to 60bpm or so, and practice saying that "da____da____da_da_da_da", really locking on to that metronome tick on the first and third notes to focus on the rhythm, rather than the numbers.
It's important that I'm not guessing where the subdivisions are, I really can feel clear 1/8 note and 1/16 note pulses when listening to that 1/4-note metronome tick. I don't just remember how many notes before the next tick, I feel the subdivisions.
People vary in how difficult it is for them to develop their internal sense of rhythm, but in my experience that exercise of counting along to a metronome will really help a lot.
James
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ok, well ive been working on that exercise for about a week now, i dont really feel myself improving, if anything im realising how much i actually suck lol ill keep at it tho
one more thing. when ur looking at a piece if sheet music with timing then i guess you can feel the beats and where the divisions need to lie
but what if youve commited a piece to memory? cos i have quite a few pieces stored in my head, but when i try to play it to a metronome, i have no clue what the beats are meant to be, where the notes are meant to lie etc
does this mean i basically have to go back and rememorize the pieces that i know but also remembering the actual timing as well?
or there an exercise that could help me with playing any old tune to a metronome regardless of whether i know the actual timing and rhythm?