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The way that works best is the one that brings you back tomorrow. All the songs fit forms. Play songs long enough and you will recognize the form and not think about what the chords are but how the form is being made to sound unique. What ever it takes to keep playing, do that, because recognition took me a long time to see. I would not have found it had I not learned here at TAC to making play my practice instead of practicing songs. I would not have lasted long enough to gain song form pattern recognition. The only wrong that can be done is having a bad time under the influence of expectations. Play, play with the sound, the string, the technique. Play without fear let go of expectations and you may find the fastest path to “proficiency” (okay, here is where I crack wise: is that your proficiency or my proficiency.)