Hey!
I’m in section 2 lesson 2 right now of grooving and improving. Really enjoying the course and already made some music with what i’ve learned, so i’m alreadyu very happy. Just a small request: Do you think it would be possible to put the BPM’s off the sections next to the buttons (or embed them if you want to get really fancy 
)?
I want to load the backing tracks into my DAW to record what I play along, so I can keep track of what parts are difficult and how far off I am at certain points. Right now I have to BPM match by ear however which kind of distracts me from my practice (since i only have 20 minutes each day i want to make the most of it).
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Hey good idea! Unfortunately, the slowed down versions don’t have a clear bpm. when I created the course I did not plan ahead for this and ended up simply stretching the finished tracks “by ear”. So those slower tracks could very well be “96.7863 bpm” or something.
The originals I should be able to find.
Please note that in future courses and especially the playalong library, BPM is reported for each track.
Let me figure this out today for Grooving & Improving though.
Well… I did figure out the “real” tempo of each song. The backing clicks and stuff will be a bit of a pain to figure out… I think my stupid past self just changed the tempo of the project, then rendered it out and then changed it again for another tempo etc. without writing down what the bpm was… I guess I’m much wiser now at the age of 37 than I was at the age of 33…
Here’s the list of “main tempo’s”, will get back to you about the rest:
Section 1: 102bpm
Section 2: 86bpm
Section 3: 110bpm
Section 4: 68bpm
Section 5: 86bpm
Section 6: 85bpm
Awesome. Thanks for your quick response. Your passion for this course is inspiring!
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I have the bpm for the click tracks of each section. Please note that section 6 is a bit weird because it has these different cross rhythms and it depends on which beat you play, what the count is (6/8 or 12/8) so the tempo is a bit hard to determine… you quickly end up with cross rhythms.
Section 1:
Fast: 102bpm
Medium: 93bpm
Slow: 85bpm
Very slow: 77bpm
Section 2:
Fast: 86bpm
Medium: 80bpm
Slow: 74bpm
Very slow: 64bpm
Section 3:
Fast: 110bpm
Medium: 103bpm
Slow: 96bpm
Very slow: 82bpm
Section 4:
Fast: 68bpm
Medium: 63bpm
Slow: 58bpm
Very slow: 50bpm
Section 5:
Fast: 86bpm
Medium: 81bpm
Slow: 76bpm
Very slow: 66bpm
Section 6:
Fast: 170bpm (or 56,666666667 for the slow click)
Medium: 158 (or 52,6666666667 for the slow click)
Slow: 146bpm (or 48,6666666667 for the slow click)
Very slow: 126bpm (or 42 for the slow click)
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It’s done! Each lesson should now have bpm info where that’s relevant.
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I know this is an old post, but this has definitely been very helpful when recording playing along to the backing tracks as I can set my DAW to the same temp. You can then listen AND look back on your recording and see how well you kept time and if you were rushing or dragging.
One thing about that is if you’re consistently behind or ahead of the grid you might not be doing anything wrong. What you should look for when analyzing your playing in a daw is inconsistencies. Those are the things that make a beat sound sloppy, not the rushing or dragging in itself.
What is true is that rushing together with a metronome might force a sudden correction after a couple of bars. That correction will then be the inconsistency that sounds bad.
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Thanks Rob, definitely lots to learn and very different to playing guitar and bass.
I think I’ve seen instances where I’m ahead and playing faster tempo overall so after a little while it sounded sloppy.
I’ve also been able to see where a specific section of a bar caused me to go out of time. Eg if you’ve mainly been playing on my right (dominant) hand and the left had has to jump in, sometimes my left hand is too fast. I then end up out of time. When that happened, I did some repeat practice of the transitioning in/out of that part.
Yes that’s a great way to do it. In future lessons you’ll find that counting out loud while doing a transition bringing your other hand in will help smooth things out. The main problem with playing along to a metronome is those small constant corrections because you’re not 100% locked in with the same tempo. Therefore you constantly have to correct which sounds sloppy. That’s why often playing without a metronome sounds a bit better because while maybe speeding up over time, at least it’s gradual.
In the Hit the Gym course we will work on this!
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