Re: [Harp-L] recording - and devilish devices

[Slim Heilpern <slim@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A metronome at any given setting will also play slower after you've  
had a cup of coffee and faster when you're tired and yawning.

How do it know? ;-)

- Slim.

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On Mar 22, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Winslow Yerxa wrote:

> Funny, but metronomes seem to have a similar circuit, even the wind- 
> up analog ones. They keep screwing up the time, counting uneven  
> beats or speeding up and slowing down, and just generally ruining  
> the perfect intuitive rhythm of all the music I play, both alone and  
> in group situations. Turn of the metronome and the problem seems to  
> go away.
>
> W:)
>
> Winslow Yerxa
>
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5
>
> Resident expert at bluesharmonica.com
>
> Harmonica instructor, jazzschool.com
>
> Columnist, harmonicasessions.com
>
> Steve wrote
> "I'm absolutely convinced that every recording device ever invented  
> has inbuilt circuitry deliberately designed to make my harp-playing  
> sound utterly naff. You are far from alone."