Importance of Using Metronome in Piano Playing by Tessa Wahing

𝑼𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔.

𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆, 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒖𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚-𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆

• 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒑, 𝒕𝒂𝒑, 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒐.

• 𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚-𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒖𝒆𝒕𝒔: 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.

• 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆: 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔. • 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒚: 𝑩𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 (𝒆.𝒈., 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔), 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒔.

• 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆: 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚.

𝑩𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.