Originally Posted by: martin.bayly

As others have said I don't think you are a slow learner. You've done as much in 10 months as I've done in 30 years (with lots of big multi-year gaps unfortunately!)[br][br]One thing I've come to realize, which I feel for me is the biggest thing that has held me back all these years, is that I don't really know how to apply all the things I've learned outside of the lessons/practice tunes/songs where I originally learned them. Which I think is a big factor for why I've forgotten so much of what I've learned.[br][br]So one of my big goals for this year is that whenever I learn a new thing I have to try and apply it outside of the context where I learned it. For me so far this is mostly using various backing tracks with simple but interesting chord progressions, and then trying to apply the things I know to that backing track. It's sort of improvisation, but not just improvising solos, but chord voicings, rhythm, riffs, licks, fills, arpeggios etc.[br][br]I actually find this way harder than just learning the skills in the first place. It forces you to make decisions and adapt.

Thank you and all others for kind comments, i really appreciate it. I think what you said I can quite relate to myself, as I rarely use chords, licks or techniques from one song to another, but it does happen, when i feel like it would fit and sound nice, but i should use it way more often and thats why i think i miss the theory to know what scale and chord progression is played and immediately add the fills and licks that are on the same scale in same key and you can keep on going jamming and it sounds great. Ive been using similar thing to warm up practice, playing home sweet alabama and keep adding fills and parts and improvising in between the main verse, arpeggiate it, then strum it, then add a fill or lick and few bends and so on. I would like to be able to do t his anywhere on the neck and in every key, but i dont have the knowledge yet :)