I'll admit that this has been bugging me for ages. I really have no real idea what I'm doing with this "valuable tool" as I've heard it called many times. Right now I just set it to a bpm normally around 100 and play four notes per beat and do that for awhile gradually working up the pace before I get fed up and turn it off.
This really cannot be right!
What should I actually be doing if I want to use a metronome seriously to improve my technique? Details examples are welcome. I'm one of those people who perform better when someone else tells me exactly what to do so I don't have to think by myself.