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  Much easier after I walk away.

  Posted by JSR on November 25, 2025 at 2:15 pm

  Is anyone else like this?

  I will learn something on here.

  I know the notes/chords in the order in which they go but just can’t seem to ever really play it all the way through without goofing up *UNLESS* I walk away or go to bed and the next time I pick up a guitar I damn near nail the whole thing.

  It amazes and baffles me.

  There can’t be a thing as too much practice at one time, can there?

  petelanger replied 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  petelanger

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  November 25, 2025 at 3:21 pm

  @JSR

  Less Is More:

  It’s normal! Not necessarily nailing it perfectly after a break but multiple shorter sessions are more beneficial than one long session. This is why the ten minutes is emphasized so much.

  
  

  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3351401/

  

  pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

  Less Is More: Latent Learning Is Maximized by Shorter Training Sessions in Auditory Perceptual Learning - PMC

  The time course and outcome of perceptual learning can be affected by the length and distribution of practice, but the training regimen parameters that govern these effects have received little systematic study in the auditory domain. We asked ...

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