What prompted my query, Mike, was my curiosity as to why some individual’s pickup on skills quicker than others and master songs at an astonishing rate. And what I read from the Gemini response is that it comes right down to myeline and the build up of myeline from continued practice. I have not asked Gemini this question, but I am sure that as we age, the build up of this material happens at a slower pace than in a younger person.

I have been working on “Lazy” for about 7 weeks now, maybe a bit more. And although my overall tempo is improving, I am at a solid 70% tempo with good clean playing, there is one section that is proving especially difficult. It is gaining tempo over time, but it is progressing at a slower pace than the rest of the song.

The section is shown below in bar # 20. In the song this is played at between 2:19 and 2:26. This is my transcription, and are the notes as I hear them.  

And agree 100%, sometimes a short break is good before jumping right back in. My own strategy for parts like this is to isolate the part and play to a metronome - eventually increasing the speed to the breaking point and then stepping back a few bpm, then going back to the song and playing the song at whatever tempo I can play the challenging piece at cleanly.

So this one is a challenge! I am also working on  "Hear my Train a coming" by Hendrix which is coming along nicely and for something more relaxing Sister Morphine by the Stones.

BTW Mike, this screenshot above is from Soundslice. Not sure if you have checked this out, but it is an unbelievable tool and peanuts per year. I see my subscription is about due but at $51.94 for the year, I will be renewing.

Bill