Originally Posted by: bbzswa777But at the same time, you need to be able to buckle down and work through these struggles. And oftentimes it requires you to slow way down (either by using a metronome or slowing down the actual MP3 track), work on making your movements as natural and efficient as possible, repeat it until you can play it slow in your sleep, then gradually speed up.

Sometime I do take a break if I don't have the chops for something. But there are times as mentioned above that you need to say, "Whatever it takes, I'm going to learn this."

I'm working on a song piece now, and I'm taking it slow, really slow. Like 60pm slow until I nail it. Then I'll gradually increase it to normal speed.

This isn't going to happen overnight. It takes time.