beatdat
Senior Member
From what I've read and heard, an important part of learning how to drum is developing one's "inner clock", that is, developing an internal pulse that dictates or guides one's meter, tempo and time.
What I've been asking myself lately, and have yet to determine, is what is "my" inner clock? So I thought I'd ask my fellow forum members to chime in as to what your inner clock is.
Is your inner clock something you hear inside of your head (e.g. a pulse akin to a heartbeat, the tick-tock of an analog clock)? Or is it something visual in your head (e.g. a pulsing light, or like a bouncing ball following the lyrics on a karaoke display)? Maybe it's not in your head, but something that reverberates in your gut or throughout your body. Or, maybe it's something more complex, like visualizing an actual transcription of what you're playing as you play it?
And if you've been able to develop your inner clock, how did you go about doing so? Was it simply through constant and frequent repetition of playing to the point where you developed the "muscle memory" required to establish your inner clock, or was it also conceptual at times (e.g. not by only playing, but also by listening to others play, or by visualizing subdivisions while watching the seconds go by while looking at a clock)?
So, what is your "inner clock" and how did you develop it?
What I've been asking myself lately, and have yet to determine, is what is "my" inner clock? So I thought I'd ask my fellow forum members to chime in as to what your inner clock is.
Is your inner clock something you hear inside of your head (e.g. a pulse akin to a heartbeat, the tick-tock of an analog clock)? Or is it something visual in your head (e.g. a pulsing light, or like a bouncing ball following the lyrics on a karaoke display)? Maybe it's not in your head, but something that reverberates in your gut or throughout your body. Or, maybe it's something more complex, like visualizing an actual transcription of what you're playing as you play it?
And if you've been able to develop your inner clock, how did you go about doing so? Was it simply through constant and frequent repetition of playing to the point where you developed the "muscle memory" required to establish your inner clock, or was it also conceptual at times (e.g. not by only playing, but also by listening to others play, or by visualizing subdivisions while watching the seconds go by while looking at a clock)?
So, what is your "inner clock" and how did you develop it?