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    I am looking for a free metronome App for iPad. What do you use? Recommendation?

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    I use "Tempo" - on my iPhone but it must work on an iPad too. Does way more than I'll ever use, probably.

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    Pro Metronome is my favorite. There is a free version, but it's been so long since I bought everything I could in that app that I have no idea what they charge for an upgrade - as I recall, however, the free version offered most, if not all, basic functions needed:

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pro-me...hm/id477960671

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    For what I need TempoPerfect is just perfect. It's old, simple and easy to handle ....

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    GarageBand is included for free.

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    This one works pretty good if you aren't put off by it being geared to bass players: SBL Groove Trainer on the App Store

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    Metronome Plus with its upgrade is an excellent tool, programmable to accelerate tempos at the number of BPM and number of measures you choose. Lots of sounds and time signatures available as well, and very inexpensive. I've used mine daily for years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by v281
    Pro Metronome is my favorite. There is a free version, but it's been so long since I bought everything I could in that app that I have no idea what they charge for an upgrade - as I recall, however, the free version offered most, if not all, basic functions needed:

    Pro Metronome - Tempo,Beat,Subdivision,Polyrhythm on the App Store
    Same here. I tried many, and settled with this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by swingtoneman
    I am looking for a free metronome App for iPad. What do you use? Recommendation?
    I use Soundbrenner (iPhone and iPad), free version works nicely

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    Just food for thought: I bought my Matrix MR-500 quartz metronome in 1972. . . 50 years of untold hours and still ticking.
    Marinero

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    Many thanks for your advice. Much appreciated.

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    What is everyone's thoughts on playing to a metronome vs. Drum Genius?

    Drum Genius is definitely easier to groove to so does that mean playing to a metronome is more beneficial?

    I wonder what Emily Remler would have thought about Drum Genius?

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    My teacher showed me the trick to set the metronome to half or whole notes depending on the tempo. That forces you to keep time on your own a bit more instead of "riding on the tails" of the metronome. Drum track is more fun but can also be considered cheating a bit.

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    Being old I like separate devices for tuning, metronoming and texting.
    I still have my Thomas 1966 vacuum tube metronome
    But if I were gigging again yep that iPad idea is good.

    Had a prof that told us every song/piece has an “inner beat” that’s either faster or slower than the apparent time signature. And it’s that inner beat that drives a piece forward in a pace and style appropriate. He was adamant that the time signature/metronome time was just a guide, to really play you need to ID the inner beat that satisfies you. And, in his idea, the inner beat could be a sub or super division of the written time.
    Example would be a jazz waltz in 3/4, but you feel a strong 1….1….1….1 (think Gravy Waltz). Playing that in 3/4 results in a stultifying Lawrence Welk sound. ‘And a 1,2,3 1,2,3’
    Since it was primarily a classical course he drove us insane trying to split Bach keyboard sonatas into sub beats under the time signature. Darn if he wasn’t right, that the Bach inner beat is actually above the written signature and makes the piece come alive.

    In my church organ days I made the mistake of telling a Priest that I was playing a hymn in one not three. He being a kind, caring soul told the Director of Music I was refusing to play things as written. She eventually fired me for not playing hymns as written. Witch.

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    nice simple one ‘metro timer’

    pro metronome is cool

    just downloaded Tempo
    which is nice and clear and you
    can see beats 1 2 3 4 layed out
    in a line