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Jeff-
As always, thank you for your insights….. interesting.
I am also a believer that repetition is one of the main building blocks. I don’t know if I get to the point of “seeking the boredom that makes you go crazy”, but I do certainly believe it plays a HUGE role in learning and memorizing- no question.
I do, probably showing some laziness, work MUCH more repetition-wise on songs or riffs or licks, etc, that I LIKE the sound of, and not so much on “everyday-type” nuts-and-boltsy lesson stuff. I still like that kind of work, of course, but I guess I play the stuff I like- more.
The earlier part of your answer/post fascinates me also. “I don’t even need someone to tell me the key as long as I can hear it for a verse and chorus”, and also “trust the process and follow the teacher”.
THIS is a skill I want to learn.
IS this a skill- (figuring out what key a song is in)- something that is inside the elusive/ (mythical?) Fretboard Wizard course?– (seems like I read something about how to find the key by going up & down the low E string to a note that “sounds OK”, and then go from there into the chords, etc).
I know that’s a lousy explanantion/question, and I know there’s much more to it than that….
Anyway– what you have there- (ability to just hear a song, monkey with it for a bit, and then take off playin’ it– is a skill I really WANT).
For my part, I think I’m headed that way, but still working on “background/prep” stuff- (chord groups, progressions, transitions, etc)- that will make learning the “play-by-ear” skill easi-ER once I’m ready.
Learning to take off playing by ear is one of my MAIN goals in playing guitar.
Anyway- as always- again- thank you for your insights. This is GREAT stuff to chew on!
the old coach