Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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The ‘Groovy Metronome’ Tip For Better Bass Practice!


In this lesson we’re going to look at a popular tip for adding interest to a metronome click.
Metronomes can be a great tool for bass practice when you want to add some pressure testing or if you want to keep track of improvements in speed of a line over time. But that incessant click, click, click can be annoying and it doesn’t have much ‘groove’. It’s just a constant pulse.

Using the tip in this lesson you can create a more interesting click that will test your time and allow you to feel the groove a little better.

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23 thoughts on “The ‘Groovy Metronome’ Tip For Better Bass Practice!

  • Mark,you are going way too fast and you are rushing it. Take a few tips from Rich Brown and his rhythm teaching concepts. Absolute brilliance. Thank you for the videos but this is too fast.

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  • Get yourself a Teenage Engineering PO-12 , PO14 , or PO-32 pocket operator, set up a groovy rythm, and use that for metronome .. as groovy as you can imagine and feels like playing with a band.. great for getting that servicing and playing with drummer feeling …

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  • Question… why not just use an effects pedal's built-in rhythm feature? Many have it, except some Boss units. It sounds like a real drummer…

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  • awesome, love this trick… especially the point where you keep counting when pressing, because i always have this problem, that i can`t here the silence as the "one".

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  • Bought myself an olde fashioned windup metronome. Decided I don't need a computer or phone for every flippin' thing in my life.

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  • Nice job again Mark, as usual. Just a quick, and very practical, tip – although I'm not sure if 'tip' is the right word, it's more substantial. It's the kind of thing that can change how (or even IF) you practice for the next 20-30 years and we all know what that can change. Everything. And I really appreciate your delivery, it sure seems like you genuinely want to help us play the bass better. You're a great teacher. Thank you!

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  • Once again, thank you, Mark fo another great tip. I never really got into using the metronome, and you just showed me why – and how to fix my major issue with it.
    You're a great asset for so many people – please keep it up
    PS – your scales app is absolutely the best scales practice and reference tool there is

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