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@mkjohnsons , for me it comes in two flavors one in my mind and one in my fingers hand arm etc. Focus is part of it. I have to be focused on what I am doing and not thinking about raking the leaves or paying the bills. Singularly focused on the vibrations of the music. If you get it the first few times through but then decline….slow down breath, focus, relax hand and mind. Know you have done it but get to that speed where you feel like you could not miss even after 100 times through. Have the confidence that your fingers will hit the strings with perfect accuracy, go slowly enough that it happens. Then move up the speed a fraction. This is where the metronome becomes your friend. 2 maybe 4 bpms. All the while your hand should be so relaxed you feel like you could play it forever. No strain no needless movement just one perfect placement to the next. Lemme know if that make sense to you. Today’s exercise is a perfect one to work on tension management. Simplify and slow until tension is gone and you are 100% precise and accurate on the task at hand. How easy is it to play just that fretted A string on the B note just playing quarter notes and then changing to the C note still only playing quarters and then back again? It will all feel like that.