Hello,

what seems to work for me is to get the basic shape of the chord down but put my focus on keeping in time. The chords improve over time.

To keep my interest I only stay on something long enough to be able to practice it and then begin something new.

Example: I am learning the full version of Honkey Tonk Woman right now. I know the parts but can’t execute them cleanly. However, I can practice the parts without needing to look at the video or tab sheet, so this means they are in my head and I can keep time with Mike. But the song has some tricky parts to it and these will only clean themselves up with practice. I am not going to stay on the song until it’s perfect, I will keep working on it a bit each practice and it will come together over time. But in the meantime I also decided to learn the 12 bar blues this weekend.

I practice more than you but our son is in University, he can feed himself. Just keep making some time to get back at it and I find a journal very important to me so I’m not bouncing aimlessly.

PS, I also cheat. I don’t always lay down my pinky on the G.

Good luck