I have been trying to use the metronome to practice but I am confused. I have a mental block about it. I set the metronome single beats and do a scale it makes sense to me. Play one beat on the click and the click should not be too audible as you are playing on top of it. But then you play a tune with quarter , eighth , sixteenth , whole notes I get confused. Of course that is what I am trying to practice the tunes to keep steady time. So I have usually went to backing tracks to make myself practice rhythm and timing. I almost find myself waiting for the beat of the metronome and then playing the back beat. Such as in Bluegrass the bass or guitar play 1 and 3 and the Mandolin playing 2 and 4 beats. I have even caught myself applauding on the back beat of others clapping. Not on purpose. It seems like I just don’t have a good understanding of it. So when playing tunes with varying types of notes how do you manage? I do want to practice my timing as I might have a tendency to start moving faster and slower depending on tune. Sometimes when I think too hard when playing things I have a tendency to mess things up. That is what this feels like. I know I need to break the playing down, slow down and analyze the tone and timing but while playing I keep worrying about the click in relationship to the notes and forget what note is next etc. Any ideas?
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