Originally Posted by
zeusse
Well this is how I've always done it take whatever song you want to do and break it down into sections....intro,verse,chorus,solo..blah,blah.. and work on one until you can play it almost darn perfect then move to the next section do the same, then go back and play both until perfect or near perfect and then do the next part and so on...most peoples memory will retain more info in smaller doses...hence I'm sure you've already found out trying to take it all the way through don't work to well.
That's how I try and do it too, zeusse. I'm not sure if this will help or not, Pickngrin, but here's how I tried it to help Greenmachine. Broke layla down into guitar parts, verse, etc, just like zeusse said. Put it on the "Tube so hopefully watching while listening will make it easier for him.
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=3921
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