Originally Posted by: haghj500Also it takes time to burn things into your muscle memory, just because you have completed a course and your brain remembers it that does not mean that your muscles remember it. You have not really completed a course till your muscles remember it. So kick back and invest the time.

I second this. I remember when I first started learned I got frustrated about hitting the right strings (sometimes I still do!!) - of course it depends on the complexity of the lick or whatever you are doing, but it just takes practice practice practice.