I spent a lot of time working on the fingering for R U Mine? I still have not managed it. Tricky thing I realised today. It is not just that you need to be focused enough to spend an hour doing a tiny thing over and over again. It is at the end of that hour you have to have the the self-control to stop, admit to yourself you cannot do it yet, take yourself out of the situation and move on. As Ms Adler would say, know when you are beaten. You have to be a perfectionist, but also turn that part of your personality off when it is not working. No easy feat. My guitar almost went through my TV. Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean…
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