Victor Wooten Prosessions
Why Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange recommends it
Music Stack Exchange answerers point people to it when asked how to keep steady time and use a metronome effectively, citing Wooten's practical timing exercises.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2012 to 2014.
What it is
A 10-minute Korg ProSessions lesson in which bassist Victor Wooten demonstrates metronome-based practice for keeping time, with exercises for beginner through advanced players. It is part of a Korg series of instructional videos by well-known musicians.
What people said
Recommends morten · 2012-02 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “Trouble keeping time to a beat”
Just recently came across this lesson with Victor Wooten on keeping time [this video] . Most of the tips he goes through are ones I've seen others mention too (e.g. halving the tempo), the five over four one was new to me though. Although he's a pro and plays a groove way above my head, you can instead simplify it, the important thing here is to play rhythm while staying on the beat. If you have a DAW you can also record yourself playing and pay attention to where you're missing. And you could also program a click track and remove one beat in each measure, another exercise I've heard people suggest to keep time.
Recommends Dave Jacoby · 2014-04 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “How does a metronome help me play music better?”
@KyleStrand, he explained it at a live event at Sweetwater Sound. Took some searching, but I found him explaining it here. [this video]
Recommends slim · 2014-07 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “How to keep the tempo still stable?”
The important thing is to feel the pulse of the tempo in your head as you play. Tap your foot if it helps you. When listening to music, tap your foot, clap or drum on your legs, to reinforce that instinct for rhythm. Do, however, bear in mind that when playing unaccompanied, it's not always vital to keep a rigid tempo. Some pieces benefit from expressive changes in tempo. Others, the listener will want to hear that constant pulse, and will be disturbed if you change it. Work out what causes you to speed up or slow down. Some people have a tendency to speed up for the "easy bits", without realising. Or they speed up for the "boring bits", to get to the "interesting bits" sooner. Some people k
Cites slim · 2013-12 · Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange · on “What do you use to train your sense of rhythm?”
There are a couple of differences between a metronome and a drum machine. A metronome just keeps a regular beat. Some electronic metronomes give a slightly different click to indicate the start of a bar, but that's all. Drum patterns have lots more elements that help keep you in time -- for a typical rock pattern, emphasis on the first beat, snares on the up-beats, hi-hats filling in between beats. A metronome just keeps rigid time. Drum patterns often have a swing to them, which some people find easier to play to. A metronome pattern is monotonous; it's designed not to be too obtrusive a sound, but that means it's easy to zone out from the metronome and play to your own time. The answer to