I'm Adam Manus.

And you're listening to the You'll Hear It Podcast.

Today, we're going to give you seven ways to develop great time.

I thought we just did a time management podcast like two episodes.

We did, and this time we're going to give you seven different brands of watches to develop great time.

Rolex.

We're really a diverse podcast if you think about it.

We are.

People think it's so niche this little jazz podcast.

That's right.

All right.

All right.

So now, of course, we're talking about great time, great rhythm, great feel.

You know, such an important part of playing any type of music, but especially jazz in that

most of what we do is associated and has the undercurrent of some type of groove. Okay. So,

seven, let's get it kicked off. Number one, practice with a metronome. Start with the basics, right?

That's right. That's right. But that's the most dependable timekeeper I know. And it's just a starting point. That's why I want to start there. It's not the be all and all. And I didn't notice, I didn't say practice metronomically. You have to avoid practicing metronomically. But you want to do a fair amount of practice with a metronome because it'll teach you how to develop your own great time and it'll kind of let you know.

Now, if you're practicing a lot with a metronome and it gets to the point where you're always

rock solid with the metronome, you can start to do it less because you don't need that crutch

anymore.

But if you're practicing with the metronome and you're having some problems like the metronome

speeding up or slowing down a lot,

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