Comparing your pieces to a metronome?, is this a good thing?

[rovis77]

When I record my pieces I tend to compare them to a metronome, is this all right?. A human being can be as exact as a metronome?, I noticed that sometimes the speed in the same recordings varies in 1 bpm and this makes it not match the metronome. My question is, a human recording can maintain perfect time with a metronome?. I try to check that each measure maintains perfect time with the metronome, is this a good thing to do?

Yesterday I played the Ocean etude op 25 12 by Chopin very slowly and I checked with a metronome and there are parts that I play at 60 bpm and others at 61 bpm. Is this 1 extra bpm a noticeable difference to the ear to worry about, does it mean that I need to work harder on my timing or it is a normal thing because no human can be as exact as a metronome ?. thanks!!

[brogers70]

I seriously doubt whether there is any beautiful, professional recorded performance of any piece of music of any length which would match a metronome to within a tolerance of +/-1 bpm. A metronome can help you find out where you are unintentionally changing tempo, but trying to match it perfectly throughout a piece is pointless, in my view.

[chopinlover01]

How the hell can you notice a difference that minute? Most metronomes only go up by increments of 4 BPM anyways.
Don't worry about it, and don't play the ocean etude in such a way where you can hear the metronome ticking from the practice room.