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OK, here we go @the-old-coach , Your goal of picking up and playing anything was also my very goal. It took me longer to get there than I expected. After seven years of solid effort I can do that most of the time. I don’t need a chord sheet. I don’t even need for someone to tell me the key as long as I can hear it for a verse and chorus. The only way I was able to get there was to trust the process and follow the teacher. While doing that I spent time listening to other players, watching other players and dissecting songs one measure at a time. I used what I learned in FW and in the Daily Challenges and the skills courses to be able to do that. It was painfully slow at first but I went faster when I let go of time. I always had a song to work on. Some I have been working for years as they were to complex for the knowledge that I had so I stuck them back in the folder and give them six months hit the daily challenges hard embrace the repetition, seeking the boredom that makes you go crazy and push through that. Right there, that push, that is when the magic happened for me and I would acquire the skill I was seeking, the breakthrough happens and everything changes…yet again. Play a song 1000 times and you will have breakthroughs. Pick one you like, it helps. : ) Play that ring finger staircase 1000 times, you will have a break through. Seems like a lot but it is only 3 hours give or take. I found music proficiency, like what I was seeking, had a path that led through extensive repetition. I had to kind of lose my mind to gain it back supercharged. Embrace the repetition, you are ready. The results were surprising. Questions?