> actually a 1% difference can be pretty noticiblle
> though mainly in concert with other players but it could throw the
> "feel" of a piece off.

I doubt the old fashioned spring/pendulum metronomes were that accurate.

> while a pot might not be good enough on its own if you make it open loop
> with a pot and
> a 3 section 7 segment display that shows the number of beats per minute?
> then she can set the display to what she wants and any inaccuracy in
> the pot dosent matter.

Or just have up and down buttons.  You could even accellerate the up/down
rate as the button is held down longer.


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