We all have to start somewhere

[Nicko]

Came across this quote on t'net.

[color=#252525][font=sans-serif] "I distinctly remember trying to play along to Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" – at first I just could not get it. I threw the guitar on my bed and walked out in a huff, but the next day I came back, picked it up and played it all the way through note-for-note! Once I got going, I started getting into bass-lines with a bit more subtlety to them...".[/font][/color]

[color=#252525][font=sans-serif]None other than Steve Harris. I must say it took me more than a day to get it right though.[/font][/color]

[colgraff]

I hadn't heard that before but it is very cheering. I have often had the same thing happen to me. When learning and failing, it is surprising how much goes in. I think Going Underground was the last time it happened: I couldn't link the sections together properly and the next day it came together. I'm not quite as good as Mr. Harris, though!

[Mattpt85]

I find this with a lot of lines I'm trying to learn, get stuck and end up feeling a bit deflated then go back to it after it's had time to sink in mentally and I can usually do a lot better.
I need the time to play it in my head first!

[stevebasshead]

The subconscious is a wonderful thing

[Nicko]

[quote name='Mattpt85' timestamp='1449592115' post='2924966']
I find this with a lot of lines I'm trying to learn, get stuck and end up feeling a bit deflated then go back to it after it's had time to sink in mentally and I can usually do a lot better.
I need the time to play it in my head first!
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Its this exactly for me. I had more trouble with Under the Bridge than anything else. It just took me ages to be able to "hear" the lines in my head.

[Rikki_Sixx]

This happens with me and always surprises me, so I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Just last week I was picking out parts for a few songs (A Forest by The Cure springs to mind) and found it awkward the first evening. The next day after a sleep I nailed it. I've heard sleep is when your muscle memory is truly built, so maybe that's why!

[DaytonaRik]

I'm not so bad at learning the bass lines (a lot of Lynott stuff is ridiculously easy) but the phrasing of his vocals over the bass lines often takes me a couple of weeks per tracks to get right - have a listen to Do Anything You Want To Do - that one kept me busy for far too long!

[AinsleyWalker]

I think I probably got frustrated when I first started playing, but now I'm pretty patient because I know that I'll get it eventually if I keep going.

[ras52]

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I've heard sleep is when your muscle memory is truly built
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Yes, that's my excuzzzzzzzzzzzz....