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[Fenix]

T can i ask you a question about using metronomes? My piano teacher taught me that one of the easiest ways to use a metronome and sight-read is to assume each click of the metronome stands for a 16th note.

So, in essence, i was taught the 1-e-and-uh, 2-e-and-uh method where each syllable stood for a 16th note. Is this correct?

[T-Block]

T can i ask you a question about using metronomes? My piano teacher taught me that one of the easiest ways to use a metronome and sight-read is to assume each click of the metronome stands for a 16th note.

So, in essence, i was taught the 1-e-and-uh, 2-e-and-uh method where each syllable stood for a 16th note. Is this correct?

If that's what your teacher says, then that's fine.  I always assume that each click is a quarter note.  Overall, each click can be whatever kinda note u want it to be.  There is no right or wrong answer, as long as u sub-divide evenly throughout the piece. 

Example, if each click is a 16th note, then it takes 4 of them to equal a quarter note.  If each click is a quarter note, u have to play four 16th notes every click.  Just little stuff like that to be aware of.  Tempo has a significant role in this as well, but u already know that.

[sjonathan02]

If that's what your teacher says, then that's fine.  I always assume that each click is a quarter note.  Overall, each click can be whatever kinda note u want it to be.  There is no right or wrong answer, as long as u sub-divide evenly throughout the piece. 

Example, if each click is a 16th note, then it takes 4 of them to equal a quarter note.  If each click is a quarter note, u have to play four 16th notes every click.  Just little stuff like that to be aware of.  Tempo has a significant role in this as well, but u already know that.

The click DOES represent the quarter note, unless the song doesn't have a 4 in the time signature.


The teacher had to be saying something else. Such as count 1 e and uh between clicks.

[Fenix]

The click DOES represent the quarter note, unless the song doesn't have a 4 in the time signature.


The teacher had to be saying something else. Such as count 1 e and uh between clicks.

Nope, it was specifically one click= a 16th note. The reason she did this was that it was easy count it off in my head and learn songs and get the timing correct. When she felt i was comfortable enough with the song, then we switched to the 1 click= 1 quarter note.