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@BarbaraM I do think the comments are skewed a bit toward those who have gotten over the hump already. Personally I don’t usually post while I’m in the midst of my struggles and I had some struggles with this lick. I have the luxury of being able to do multiple sessions each day, so I divide and conquer the lick in chunks. Remember while you are struggling, you learn a lot more than while you breeze through things.
Here’s how I broke it up:
This morning I watched the first 4 minutes or so and played only the first measure. When I came back later on I added the slide. Then I realized that you go 0 – 3, then slide 3 to 5 and then 3 – 0 all on the B string. This is very symmetrical, just like the reflection in the Snow Covered Hills the [land] slide is a mirror: 0 – 3 <=> 3 – 0. So I had 2 the first 2 and a half measures memorized quickly because the first 2 beats of measure one are repeated from yesterday. Just have to add that hammer on the “3 And”.
Then, my next session I saw that in measures 4 and 5 you actually have 4 repeated “open to fret 2 hammers” on the D string. Just have a little bit in between to learn and that base walk at the end (open A – 2 – 3)
Not that I have memorized everything, but I’ve familiarized myself with the contents of the lick. Now I don’t have to keep my focus on the TAB that much while playing.
Hope that helps