Okay. So I found my metronome right where I left it about 7 years ago; in the back of my desk drawer with some floppy disks and my Texas Instruments BA II Plus Advanced Business Analyst Calculator. Both the floppy disks and calculator are soon to go on eBay so to all interested parties, get yer biddin' hands ready!

I cleared the dust off the metronome and, low and behold, it still works. The thing came highly recommended to me when I started taking piano lessons from a trombone player in college. Sy, that was his name, sold me on it when he said he left his in a snow bank all winter and when he found it the following spring it still worked. It has never let me down.

Though I have to say there were times when I wish it didn't work because you have to be a serious sadomasochist to practice with one these things. In fact if I were to ever pop its cover and check for a battery I think I would find an inscription that read “Powered by Satan”.

But I digress…

I put the old version of the b4Idie to the metronome and came up with a tempo of 90. When I ran it against the new version it hit 105. I ran through it on the piano a couple more times and the tune really felt right at about 100. At that speed it still had some kick but didn’t feel too rushed. So there it is.

Next, finish off the keyboard parts.