Question by : Is practicing guitar with a metronome absolutely necessary?
Because it’s killing me and I hate having to do it.
I’m not entirely unable to keep time; I play drums too and I use a metronome when I practice on those. That’s no problem, but playing guitar with a metronome is making me want to set it on fire and ditch guitar forever.
Best answer:
Answer by Mylady89
I also used to hate it, but, after a lot of suffering I noted it made me much more secure about rhythm…anyway you can also practise without it, but then you have to be really talented…maybe u are…
Good luck!!!
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A few nice guitar metronome images I found:
Ken’s gear

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Packing bags

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…and I’m only going away for a week!
Mad Professor

Image by danja.
I’ve accumulated a lot of guitar effects that I don’t usually use on the guitar. So I’ve got some of the more interesting ones hooked up to a cheapo mixer, lots of feedback.
Sometime soon I want to pick up a similarly lo-tech sound source for the things – something a little more interesting than the metronome that’s hooked up here
I just found out Chris Carter’s done something very similar (though maybe better planned 
www.flickr.com/photos/chris_carter_/sets/72157602312724060/
A few nice guitar metronome images I found:
tuner/metronome, Guitar Port by Line 6, Vox AmPlug, and Kyser Capo

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Abigail Lapell’s Concert #1

Image by Tsar Kasim
Singer Abigail Lapell.
I almost forgot…during her gig, she made a joke about bringing a set of metronomes with her and naming the group "Abigail & The Metronomes." This is why I’ve cheekily included that group name as one of the tags.