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Slow is hard
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Slow tempos are harder than they look.
With a long wait between beats, hands get impatient and tap early. That is rushing, the usual mistake at slow tempos.
Listen to 50 BPM.
Each beat lasts a little more than a second. Notice how long the wait feels.
No sound? Check your volume, and that your phone is not on silent.
Keep moving through the whole beat.
Nod, sway, or swing your hand in a slow arc that lands on the next beat. A body that keeps moving does not wait and then jump.
What helps most at a slow tempo?
Now hold a slow beat with the metronome.
It starts at 60 BPM. When 60 feels easy, slide it down toward 50.
Press Begin challenge. Keep your hand moving between taps, and land on each click.
Front view of a mechanical metronome with its pendulum and tempo scale.
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Stretch each number to fill its beat.
Say ooone, twooo, threee, fouuur, so your voice reaches all the way to the next beat.
Four high clicks, then eight beats at 60 BPM. Stretch each number as you count.
You can hold a slow beat.
What you learned
- At slow tempos, hands get impatient and rush.
- Keep your body moving through the whole beat.
- Stretching the count fills the long gap between beats.
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