You need to get into the habit of practicing with a metronome. There’s a few things you need to get used to when you learn to play a guitar – keeping your instrument tuned, setting a practice schedule, getting used to playing through the boredom – learning how to use a metronome is one of these things. Once you get it together to practice every day with a tuned guitar, using a metronome it will all become second nature.
Usually you start with the metronome on a slow speed, playing something that does not stress you too much. Even one note repeated is better than nothing, just to get you used to it. Do not make the metronome speed too low because sometimes it’s easier to play using a moderately low speed instead of a dead slow speed.
You can speed up the metronome when you start to feel comfortable with it, and you can also reset it so that it sounds on beats number two and four. However you do it, the aim is to get you playing your music in time but not building up tension in your body trying to keep up with the metronome on too high a speed. When you learn some chords your metronome will be really handy in learning to change chords smoothly.
If you take the trouble to establish the basic routine of daily practice with a metronome and keeping your guitar tuned, you will be setting yourself up for much faster progress than if you remain your old, undisciplined self.
This video features the magnificent Justin Sandercoe explaining how to use a metronome:
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