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@Geordie I have read this entire thread. There is a problem with humans. None of us are perfect. And there’s a positive attribute to humans. Each of us has a different approach to solutions. I’ve read the others’ ideas and will give you mine. It may not be to your liking, but I thought it would be worth a try as you are having such a difficult time.
When I open the lesson, the first thing I do is print out the TABS page and look over it to see if I can understand what is going on. Then I keep the TABS page in front of me and as Tony explains, I make notes on the page. For instance, sometimes the key is not written and I’ll write it in. I stop the video and replay any part that seems confusing to me. The other solution I try is slowing the video down and watching his fingers, backing it up as many times as I need to in order to finally “get it”. Learning new things is not easy for any of us. not one of us whizzes through a lesson without studying. If I could do that, maybe I could just buy a book and teach myself. But that’s not the situation nor a solution.
In college, the professors would expect students to use critical thinking as it engages more of our brain than him just telling us every aspect of a problem was. A chemistry teacher once told the class, “My job isn’t to just teach you chemistry, it’s to teach you to find solutions to problems.” He told us that we need to use more than our ears to really learn. It took a bit, but I finally understood.
Patience is a huge aspect to learning. I wouldn’t trade those lessons for anything. I learned from those years and now, if I don’t understand something (In any part of life), I try to look, listen and attempt to put the lesson into practice again and again. After a period of time, it sinks in. The good thing is that on these lessons, we have opportunity to mark the lesson and return to it anytime we want. Good luck in your guitar journey, no matter where it leads you. It has given me back the joy that had been stolen during these last couple of years. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.🙂