Cognitively, as you think, the metronome is a distraction. It forces you to do two things at once, so that you cannot concentrate on just playing. So once you learn a piece you need to memorize it physically, and improve it musically. You really can't play a piece with metronome until it's really quite under your fingers, and it's a great aid to memorization. As is, oddly, playing your pieces while watching television. If you can do that, you probably know the piece!
If you want to improve time sense, play very simple tunes, far less complicated than your normal style. At this time playing the instrument is secondary, and time is primary. Different tempos, time signatures, click on 2/4, 1/3, just 1, just 4, 5/4, 6/8, etc. Just play scales and arpeggios.
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Brian Evans
Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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