Originally Posted by: wiltzjm[u]hi I'm a complete newbie. I was just wondering if I am good to move to the next lesson if I haven't perfected the spider fingers exercise yet?.. I am able to do them extremely slow , but whenever I try to speed up the rhythm I mute some of the String. I know this is probably a stupid question but how do I know that I am good to move forward? & how long should I be practicing each lesson before I advance? Thanks in advance for any advice ![/u]