Metronome Lesson

[dfmilkman]

I completely agree with you that a professional musician must read notes. The faster, the better, but

I had a different angle on that book.

How often do you find the "64th note triplets in changing meters" during your gigs?
Just how often do you encounter the 64th notes?
Have you ever encountered the 64th notes while doing a gig?
Have you tried to play those 64th note triplets at 100 bpm?/at 90 bpm?
If so, how were you able to articulate them?
How did those notes sound?

I've found some excerpts from THE Jaco Pastorius
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29392880/Jaco-Pastorius-Modern-Electric-Bass
and
THE Stanley Clark solos.
To my regret, the 32th's were the smallest notes.

You might not need to play 64th notes at any point, but if you can listen to a 50/60 bpm metronome and play those 64th notes in time, that's great subdividing practice. It will help your ability to keep time in general and make you a more solid player rhythmically.

 

[Whousedtoplay]

You might not need to play 64th notes at any point, but if you can listen to a 50/60 bpm metronome and play those 64th notes in time, that's great subdividing practice. It will help your ability to keep time in general and make you a more solid player rhythmically.

I've already expressed my opinion about the metronome:
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I don’t have anything against metronome as a tool “used by musicians to help keep a steady tempo as they play”,
I am against the metronome, a very limited tool that cannot accurately communicate the pulse, swing, or groove of music;
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therefore,
in order to "make you a more solid player rhythmically", I personally recommend using a drum machine/drum software, etc...
The properly programmed/articulated drum machine/software gives me more knowledge about the GROOVE or even note lengths in each and every bar than any metronome.

Next.

Playing the 64th note triplets slowly - at 50 BPM, is the same as playing the 32th note triplets at 100 BPM. It's the same articulation. By the way, the 32the note triplets sound too fast at 100 BPM. I don't want to say anything about the musical quality and necessity of that kind of rhythmical learning.

Also, a bass player has 99.99% chance of encountering the 32th note triplets than 64th note triplets during his/her gigs.

 

[bobsax]

I personally recommend using a drum machine/drum software,

When I studied with Hans Halt He had us put the metronome on beat 2 and 4 then just 4 then 8 , 16 etc. He could do 32.

Drum machines are good but let you get away with sloppy time.

To help with technique , use Irealb and set teaching assistant to increase the bpm on every repeat.