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Why You Need to Get A Good Metronome
Let's face it, it's hard to focus on expressing anything when you're struggling to keep/find the beat.
While it can be incredibly frustrating to find your tempo wandering, it can equally frustrating to use a metronome!
But their benefits far outweigh their annoying qualities. Several good rehearsals with a metronome can get you playing a piece evenly for good (it's a wonder what muscle memory does for us!)
There are so many choices out there that it can be hard to decide which ones to buy. I've compiled the best metronomes here!
What's On This Lens?
- The Best Metronomes: The Digital Kind
- The Best Metronomes: The Old-Fashioned Kind
- Symphony of 100 Metronomes
- The Best Metronome Ever
- Are metronomes really a muscians best freind?
- Metronome and Tuner in One
- Classical Music Blog
- My Peer's Favorite Metronomes
- The Metronome: A musicians best friend
- YOUR Opinions On the Best Metronomes
- This is what your stand should look like (at least sometimes!)
- Music Person? Find out about Perfect Pitch
- Leave Feedback!
The Best Metronomes: The Digital Kind
You best digital metronomes that you can get that do pretty much any beat pattern you want, not to mention the fact that you can vary loudness, type of click, how beats are subdivided, etc. Most of these metronomes also have a "red light" click so that you can have the benefit of the metronome without the annoying click (can put a damper on feelings sometimes!)
The best plain metronomes do what metronomes do best: keep the beat. They don't come with lots of bells or whistles.
So when picking the best metronomes, it's important to keep in mind what you will be using it for and to be realistic when it comes to what kind of practicing you need to do.
Seiko SQ50-V Quartz Metronome
Amazon Price: $27.95 (as of 01/01/2010) 
Boss DB-30C Dr. Beat Metronome
Amazon Price: $28.95 (as of 01/01/2010)
Sabine Zipbeat Digital Metronome
Amazon Price: $25.22 (as of 01/01/2010)
Seiko Compact Quartz Metronome, Black
Amazon Price: $21.39 (as of 01/01/2010)
Korg KDM-2 True Tone Advanced Digital Metronome
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 01/01/2010)
The Best Metronomes: The Old-Fashioned Kind
Some say that they do not have a steady beat which in some cases, is true.
However, I find that the wind up metronomes has a flexibility to them that the digital ones do not.
You can see "in between" the beats since you can see the pendulum swinging and can play within that span on time. This allows more room for expression and usually results is more fulfilling practice time.
Classic Metronome, Mahogany
Amazon Price: (as of 01/01/2010)
Wittner Wood Metronome, Mahogany
Amazon Price: $115.00 (as of 01/01/2010)
Classic Metronome, Walnut
Amazon Price: (as of 01/01/2010)
Bartoc Metronome Black
Amazon Price: (as of 01/01/2010)
Wittner High Gloss Wood Case Metronome without Bell, Walnut
This is the one that I have. I got it passed down from several people and it has lasted many, many years and is still going strong.
Amazon Price: (as of 01/01/2010)
Symphony of 100 Metronomes
It's definitely a "concept" piece but interesting none the less (especially since we're talking about metronomes here!)
The Best Metronome Ever
Wittner Taktell Penguin Metronome
Amazon Price: $89.50 (as of 01/01/2010)
This is the most adorable metronome I've ever seen.
If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will.
It actually makes me want to practice.
Are metronomes really a muscians best freind?
Don't you hate being told you're dragging?!
Metronome and Tuner in One
Here are my favorites:
Korg TM-40 Large Display Digital Tuner and Metronome
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 01/01/2010)
Ibanez MU30 Digital Chromatic Tuner and Metronome
Amazon Price: (as of 01/01/2010)
Boss TU-80C Chromatic Tuner & Metronome
Amazon Price: $29.00 (as of 01/01/2010)
Cherub WMT-555C Tuner and Metronome with Pickup
Amazon Price: $25.95 (as of 01/01/2010)
Intelli Metronome & Tuner: IMT-301 with Temperature/Hygrometer Meter
Amazon Price: $44.72 (as of 01/01/2010)
Classical Music Blog
This is an interesting classical music blog that I subscribe to for my RSS reader (in my gmail account).
I think that they have a nice balance of interesting facts about composers, pieces, historic facts, and musical analysis.
It's not so technical that's it's not fun to read but it's detailed enough to make you really appreciate what they are talking about.
All of the excerpts are sound recordings so you can actually hear exactly what they are referring to. If only my analytical papers for class had this!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byMy Peer's Favorite Metronomes
But that's, of course, completely a matter of personal choice.
As I've gone through the school of music, I've seen lots of my peers using different metronomes that they were particularly fond of.
I've compiled the most popular ones here.
Korg MA-30 Ultra Compact Digital Metronome
Amazon Price: Too low to display (as of 01/01/2010)
Boss DB-30C Dr. Beat Metronome
Amazon Price: $28.95 (as of 01/01/2010)
Matrix MR-500 Quartz Metronome
Amazon Price: $16.92 (as of 01/01/2010)
The Metronome: A musicians best friend
...and worst enemy!
YOUR Opinions On the Best Metronomes
What are the best metronomes: Digital or Old-Fashioned?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byDigital, I want to be able to set a watch by my metronome
old-fashioned, it gives me room for expression
flutestar123 says:
I don't know which one I prefer. Digital is more portable, where as my old fashion one clicks louder. It's also easier to set an old fashion metronome, but it doesn't have all of the numbers. I'm going to have to go with the old fashion kind, it's the metronome I use more.
Posted June 28, 2009
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- kiwisoutback kiwisoutback Nov 6, 2009 @ 11:28 am
- Nice work!
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- flutestar123 flutestar123 Jun 28, 2009 @ 5:27 pm
- Nice lens! I agree. The Penguin metronome actually made me smile. It's so cute.
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- susannaduffy susannaduffy May 2, 2009 @ 6:36 am
- Excellent!
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