Originally Posted by: philgrowjp

Originally Posted by: aaholmes

Lisa's songs are great as learning tools but I had no desire to perfect them. I had to decide for myself how to balance my time between learning and playing from the song lessons vs. following the curriculum.

Same here. The only one song so far that I have learned is "Ode to Joy" and I practice it daily since it is a familiar tune that I have known for a long time. The songs created for the lessons, once I get the gist and learn what it is reinforcing, I move on. I rarely use the play along lesson as it doesn't interest me.

I agree with this, the songs in fundamentals 1 & 2 are great for practicing the lesson content but I don't spend hours perfecting them. I think I need to know the content, understand it and be able to use it in the future when needed. I split my practice time into covering a lesson or two from Lisa and practice of the songs I want to play. As time goes by, the practice songs I choose are becoming more complex as I get more techniques available to me.