Metronome speed in my mind

[chad4ta]

I have been using a metronome to practice going up and down the pentatonic scale. I am tring to develope speed and coordination, so each day I speed it up a little bit.

I am now able to play notes acurately at about 150 to 160 beats per minute. This is a great improvement considering a couple of days ago I was struggling at 130. Anyway, am experienceing a strange sensation when I play at the faster speeds. If I'm not playing the beats seem relatively fast. However, when I start playing the scales over the beat, the beat seems to slow down in my mind. I am not on drugs and am relatively sane. Has anybody else experienced this sensation?

Just curious.

[DesiSerna]

Never heard of this one. Perhaps you're passing through some kind of time warp or something?

[Helmut]

I know this phenomenon. When I hear the metronom klicks at 156 bpm it sounds very fast to me. When I start to play a fingerpicking peace it seem to slow down, I hear each klick allone and I am able to place the notes probberly on the klicks, before the klicks ore behind the klicks were ever it't needed.