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[Philb]

It’s all a work in progress, but that’s okay. Just keep playing, enjoy, and over time you realize things are coming together, you are doing better in many ways. There are always new things to work on, improve on. Just keep moving down the road, and enjoy the journey.

[terry s]

Thanks PhilB for the encouragement

[petelanger]

@terry-stewart-azgmail-com at times it will seem that you are not improving. I can assure you that as long as you are playing regularly you are indeed improving: you’ll be doing this same thing for the longest time and it seems that it just isn’t getting better. All of a sudden, weeks or even months later, you discover out of the blue that you can do what you were struggling with and even more than that! It will completely surprise you because you don’t remember that you learned it but your brain and fingers will “magically” be able to do it!

[jumpinjeff]

@petelanger , @terry-stewart-azgmail-com : Pete once again I read what you have experieced and it is also my experience. It is still this way 10.5 years into my journey…I will work at a challenge work it, work it, work it, and when I am sure I cant get it this time, I move on to something else. Often when I get back to it, the previous effort mixed with time to marinate (in the gray matter) I find I can unlock the new technique or skill. Somewhere in the 1000 rep is what it takes for me to effort my way to getting it under my fingers…1000 seems like a lot but it only take 10 min to do 1000 reps on a string but depending on the complexity of what is going on 30 min may be required to hit the mark where I start to smooth out. Time is reletive and I still work at 60 bmp when I am embarking on something new and unfamiliar or if the complexity of sequence leaves me lagging behind or flustered or sometimes both. Why 60 bpm? why so slow?….I learned I cant chase speed, ever! But I can sneak up on it in short order. Stopping now before I achieve TLDR status. : )