Sixteenth notes — four to a beat, "1 e & a" — are where beginners rush hardest. On the D
string, same routine: clap, say, air-bow, play, then reveal. Keep the metronome slow and
speed up only when it's clean.
1 · A beat of sixteenths in each bar
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Two quarters, four sixteenths on beat 3, then a quarter. Subdivide beats 1 and 2 so the sixteenths don't bolt.
2 · Eighths and sixteenths mixed
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Beat 1: two eighths. Beat 2: four sixteenths. Beat 3: two eighths. Beat 4: a quarter. Then two halves. The sixteenths are exactly twice the speed of the eighths — no faster.
If the sixteenths run away
Play the whole line at half the tempo, subdividing every beat into four out loud, even the
plain quarters. Then take the metronome up five clicks at a time. Rushing is almost always a
subdivision that stopped — keep "e & a" running under everything.