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On piano we have this thing called playing Rubato, which is a fancy way of saying you slow down or speed up to emphasise the emotion of the music. While playing songs on guitar or writing music I won’t use a metronome but for excercises it helps to gradually build up speed. Metronomes that have different sounds can help. I have a click on my computer set to the sound of drum sticks being tapped then a hi-hat for the bar start beat because having played in bands that was the way the drummer counted us in. Different sounds can really help if your app supports them and you can find the one that suits you rather than a standard bleep or click.