These are all things we musicians think about a lot, but how is tempo actually used in music? Let’s consider a couple of applications of this curious musical characteristic. 1. Grave: solemn. This word is used to describe a very slow and steady tempo. When something is ‘grave’ then ...
Also, and this is true especially when you practice a particularly fast phrase or lick, make sure that you can play the lick at several different tempos. Being able to play something fast, but at one tempo only, is not very useful. At all other times,tap your foot. Tap your foot when...
"The thing with 'Common People' is that it starts at 90bpm and finishes at 160bpm, with each verse cranking it up. We recorded four or five takes of the band track and, as they weren't recorded to a click, some of them didn't end up at 160; they ended up at different tempos....
Lifting your fingers too high can harm your playing. In particular, holding you back from playing at higher tempos, and increasing the risk of miscovering a hole. Lifting fingers too high gets in the way of playing at higher tempos as if your fingers are farther away, they must move faste...
different patterns; a sample of a pair of stimuli for a trial in the Meter task in which there are different meters; a sample of a pair of stimuli for a trial in the Tempo task in which there are different tempos; and a sample of a pair of stimuli for a trial in the Melody task...