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Let's Practice with RMP-5
CLICK SOUND
Find Your Favorite Metronome Sound
If you don't connect headphones or speakers, the metronome sound will be an electronic sound heard from the
RMP-5's speaker. However if you connect headphones or an audio system, you'll be able to choose from a wide
variety of metronome sounds. For a beginner, it's important that the metronome use a distinct sound that is clearly
audible. The intermediate or advanced drummer will probably want to choose a short metronome sound in order to
practice with tightly precise timing. Keep the metronome volume low. If you choose a metronome sound that's
similar to the sound produced by striking the pad, you won't hear the metronome if you've struck the pad precisely
on time. For example if the metronome is sounding eighth notes and you're playing quarter notes, the metronome
sound will disappear when you've played precisely on the beat, meaning that you'll hear your own notes alternate
with the metronome. This is also good practice in learning to feel the downbeat groove.
RHYTHM
Let's make your practicing more effective and musical by switching the time signature.
The RMP-5's metronome is not limited to quarter notes; it can play at any timing — triplets with the middle beat
omitted, triplets with only the last beat sounded, sixteenth note backbeats. By using the metronome with these
settings, you can make your practicing even more effective. Here are some actual examples.
Exercise 1
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In this exercise you'll practice rhythms with a bounce. We'll be getting comfortable with eighth note shuffle and
swing, and with swung sixteenth note rhythms.
Start out with a tempo of about 120. Intermediate and advanced players should also try starting with the left hand, as
well as playing with only the right or left hand.
Practice tips
For the first exercise, make sure that the timing of your left hand (i.e., the swung beat) fits right into the triplet. Avoid
a half-baked swing, and don't let the swing become excessive either.
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"CLICK SOUND" (p. 11)
"RHYTHM" (p. 11)
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Press the [METRONOME] button a number of times to select
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Use the [+] or [-] button to select "
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R : Right hand
L : Left hand
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