Happy to hear you found it helpful. Have fun with the guitar!

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Awesome, glad you found it helpful!

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Awesome! Thank you so much; I'm very happy you found this helpful.

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So for a tablet, I'd recommend the largest screen size you can afford. Apple and Samsung both make 12" tablets, and I wish I had one. I have three, two by Sony, and the one I'm using here by Huawei. The tablet market sort of died off as phones got bigger and more powerful. Most people don't really want tablets so they're aren't a lot of manufacturers left in the space so the choices are limited. As for pain ... I don't want to give much advice because "drummer, not doctor." Assuming there are no physical ailments causing problems and there is no injury and your aren't injuring yourself, my basic advice is always: stay relaxed and try to find the way in which your body wants to move. I haven't addressed it yet because it's not usually part of my early stuff with students, but have you researched the Moeller Method? That might change how your hand is moving enough to tamp down that stress and pain.

@@PennyLarson I didn't mean to put you on the spot and fully understand "drummer, not doctor." I've checked out a lot of different styles and I'm trying to find the one that suits me the best now. Gordy Knudtson has some good teaching videos and he talks about, as well as demonstrates, the Moeller Method. If memory serves, you did as well. I like it and should work on that style more than I do. I didn't realize that during The American Civil War the drummers rudiments were used as instructions to the troops until I started watching different videos about Moeller and his method. Thank you for your input and I am trying to stay relaxed and listen to my body. I'll catch myself starting to tense up, or drop me head, and immediately cool it.

Also, thank you for your input regarding tablets. I, too, think that the bigger the screen the better. I'll probably go with Samsung due the price point. I like Apple products but they are expensive. We'll see; I'll have to do some more research.

@@basstoe5402 I LOVE Gordy's videos. I will say, I find his version of the open/close technique to be pretty extreme: he really drops his whole hand when in the "open" position. Have you watched any of Bill Bachman's videos? He has some very interesting thoughts on grip in general and the Moeller in particular. The good thing/bad thing with technique is because there isn't "one right way," figuring out the "best" way for any given individual can be a bit of a challenge.

I do not believe there is any automation at all in Pro Metronome. The app hasn't been updated in years, which is a shame, because as much as I still think it's the best basic metronome on both app stores, it could really benefit from some updating and expanded features. I haven't found a metronome that has the type of programmability that you describe. If you find one, please share it here. If you're on ios, I recommend you give PolyNome a try. I've never used it as I'm on Android, but PolyNome is so cool I almost bought an ios device so I could use it.

I'm sorry, I don't know. I've never used the playlist feature very much.

Two ways: First, the paid version has triplet and shuffle settings in the subdivision menu. In the free version you'd need to set the time signature to 3/4 and mute the middle note.

I'm sorry I don't know the answer to your question

​@@PennyLarsonThanks for answering 😢.

Yep, when you're in the playlist window, the button to the left of the playlist name will open a "save as" window. Save it as a new name and there you go, new playlist. You can also create a new playlist if you press the button to the right of the playlist title to edit the playlist, use the dropdown and select "new playlist."

@@PennyLarson Holy cow thank you for the quick reply! This is perfect, thank you!

@@seriousgamer64 Awesome! You are most welcome! Glad I could help!

Unfortunately, it is not possible. The closest would be to have two adjacent tracks in the playlist with the different tempos needed, but that's an imperfect solution. Usually I think of that level of programmability to be more of a drum machine / sequencer type of thing. I'm not aware of a simple app that offers that level of programming (I'd love to find one).

@@PennyLarson thank you very much for your answer.It is very much appreciated.I'll use 2 tracks and change the tempo by myself.I tried to set the bars number and put it on "automatic switch" but it takes any tempo on the list randomly insteas of changing with the next track.Again, thank you.Very useful video !

@@kaelrock3569 You are most welcome.

I don't use the playlist function much. I believe "Stage Mode" has big buttons so it's easier to hit on stage. Once a song is on the list I don't think you can edit it, you'd have to delete and add a new song. To edit the playlist (move the songs around) click on the angled double arrow to the right of the Playlist title. I'm sorry to not have a more complete answer. Like I said, I don't use the playlist much.

@@PennyLarson have you figured out how to move the order of songs around? Everything else is great but I can’t figure out how to edit the song order once it’s in.

@@TGennerman Yes. When you're in the playlist menu, hit the "Expand" button (the angled double-headed arrow). Once you're in the expanded view of the playlist you can grab the handle (three bars) on the right side and reorder the songs.

@@PennyLarson Thank you very very much for this tip !!!!!!!!

You're very welcome. It's totally worth $2.99

ITS ASS IT CANT DO TIME SIGNATURES OVER 16

I don't think it's that programmable, no. It's just a metronome, so, it's just on or off. And the accelerando feature seems to start right from when you press start and then go until it reaches it's target tempo and then continue at that tempo until you stop it.

Yeah, it's a drag. They stopped updates like six or seven years ago. It's still my go-to simple metronome (works with my current phone). I also use Stage Metronome, which has a cool full screen feature.

@@PennyLarson finally UPDATE!😊

I only paid once, years ago, and I'm able to download the paid version on each new device I get. I'm not sure if they've switched to a subscription model, but I don't think so.

You're very welcome. And I know, right? When I recommend this to students, and they balk at the price sometimes because people are used to apps being free, and I have to go into a long diatribe about how the cheapest metronome I used to recommend was like 30 bucks and all it did was click. The modern world is amazing.

@@PennyLarson Yup. I'd just sit their nodding my head and shaking my old person cane at them.

@@jonathandoda8762 The old person cane is my primary weapon in D&D. 😉

@@PennyLarson loool

I don't recall that name, no. Sorry.

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