As I recall they seem to slow down a bit on the vocals, and Scruggs' banjo breaks bring it back up to speed. This will usually amount to only a few beats per minute, though the greatest variation I have come across is in Flatt and Scruggs' Mercury recording of Salty Dog, with a range of 121 to 128 bpm. You will find some variation in timing between different sections of a recording.
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Don't forget that if you are timing, say, 32 beats you should start your watch on the beat of one and stop it on the beat of thirty-three (not thirty-two) to allow for the full time period for 32 beats. To be super-accurate you can do a double check by timing the same section again and see how much variation you get. In practice you will get figures like this: 2 x 60 = 120 beats per minute.īeats per minute = (B/T) x 60 where B = number of beats timed and T = time in seconds
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Click to download the 4/4 example of The Arkansas Traveler (bpm = 240 quarter notes per minute) and the 2/4 example (bpm = 120 quarter-notes per minute).
If you are now totally confused, my sincere apologies! You may find it helpful to listen to the above examples in MusEdit playback. However, you should still set your own metronome to 120 bpm, which is now the half-note (minim) beat (two half-notes to the bar). This is because in 4/4 time there are four (not two) quarter-notes to the bar. The quarter-note (crotchet) speed has now doubled to 240 bpm. Here is the same lick from The Arkansas Traveler, played at the same speed, but notated in 4/4 time. However in practice tab writers usually find it more convenient to use 4/4 time. This is within the normal range found on a metronome if a fiddle tune, say, is notated in 2/4 time, as in the above example.
The reason for the inflated metronome speed entered in tab programs is that the program always measures the quarter-note (crotchet) speed.
Dividing this by two gives you a pretty standard figure of 120 bpm (allegro). This is way off your metronome scale! Simply divide the figure by two to get the correct setting for your domestic metronome.įor example you might be told to play a fiddle tune at 240 beats per minute. If you practise at home with a metronome you are essentially listening for this timekeeping beat set by the bass.Ĭonfusion can arise because tablature/notation playback programs like MusEdit and TablEdit often use very high metronome settings, sometimes over 300 bpm. If you already play in a band you will know that the bass, which effectively acts as the band's metronome, usually plays two beats to the bar. When you are playing the lick with your metronome set at 120 bpm there will therefore be two metronome beats/clicks per bar. There are two quarter-notes (crotchets) to the bar, as the lick is notated in 2/4 time.
In this case the quarter-note (crotchet) speed is 120 beats per minute. Here is a lick from The Arkansas Traveler, complete with metronome speed: Just set your metronome to the speed given for the tablature and play along with the beat. What do these speeds mean? Well, on a traditional wind-up metronome you will see a range of speeds up to 208 beats per minute (bpm). Metronome speeds are often given for pieces in tablature and regular music notation.
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