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In this video, you will learn how to use a metronome to improve your rhythmic precision, your accentuation, and how to gain speed and technique for playing solos and rhythms on the guitar. The logic applies to any instrument. Even if you don't play the guitar, you can watch the video and apply it to your instrument. A metronome is a device that marks time using pulses. We can set it using the BPM (Beats Per Minute) measurement. After you enter the BPM you want, the metronome will play these beats for us to hear, as if it were a drum playing, but only with pulses. These constant pulses indicate the rhythm we should play. The time interval between one beat and the next of the metronome indicates the tempo we should work with. We can play one note per beat (quarter note), two notes per beat (eighth note), three notes per beat (triplet), four notes per beat (sixteenth note), five notes per beat, six notes per beat (sextuplet), among other rhythmic subdivisions. It is important to practice all of these subdivisions on your instrument. In the case of the guitar, you can play one note per string, two notes per string, three notes per string, and so on, practicing the rhythmic variations along with the variations of notes per string. To gain speed on the guitar (play faster), it is essential that you first warm up by playing at a speed that you feel comfortable with, and then advance 2 bpm at a time until you discover your speed limit (the moment at which you start to make mistakes in the exercise). This applies to both alternate picking and any technique training. Write down this limit in your study notebook and, the next day, try to surpass the previous day's limit in this exercise. For more details on the subject, read the article: http://www.descomplicandoamusica.com/...