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Let's Practice with RMP-5
QUIET COUNT
This feature lets you train to keep the rhythm regardless of whether the metronome is audible or inaudible. It's an
ideal way to train your rhythmic sense and time-keeping ability. Fill-in's have a way of disrupting the tempo.
Practicing with this feature will help you avoid rushing or dragging the rhythm or the fill, ensuring that you can
continue generating the rhythm with stability.
For example, the [q-2] setting sounds the metronome for two measures, and then sounds the metronome at a
virtually inaudible level for two measures. To begin, just try keeping the rhythm pattern even while the metronome is
almost inaudible. When the metronome goes silent, don't merely keep playing in a casual manner; instead, boldly
drive the rhythm, feeling the quarter notes with your whole body. If you've truly kept the rhythm, your own rhythm
should precisely match the metronome that you resume hearing. Practice this repeatedly!
Next, try playing a fill-in during the section where the metronome becomes inaudible. Even if you're able to feel the
rhythm with your body while you play the rhythm, you have not achieved mastery if your body loses the rhythm
when playing a fill. In order to feel the quarter notes even while playing a fill, it's useful to count "one, two, three,
four" while you play. Try this out, starting with a simple fill.
Finally, [q31] will sound the metronome for three measures, and then silence it for one measure. This is ideal for
practicing fills. Start by practicing a one-beat fill, then try out other lengths such as two beats, one measure, or four
measures. Now you'll be able to play with real stability when you perform with your band!
Parameter
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1.
Press the [COACH] button a number of times to select "
2.
Press the [START/STOP] button and start practicing.
1 measure cycle
2 measure cycle
4 measure cycle (initial setting)
8 measure cycle
3 (with) plus 1 (quiet) measure cycle
6 (with) plus 2 (quiet) measure cycle
Explanation
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