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Approach to study songs

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Tue, 07/17/2018 - 12:32
mainmark37
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Hello David;

 I am working on my L2 Study Song, specifcally the fisrt 2 choruses, and it occured to me that i might have missed in level 1, where you may have addressed the ideal approach to learning a study song. Would you recommend learning the entire song at 30%, then at 15%, then full speed, or learning each chorus at 30%, then 15%, then full speed, before moving on to the next chorus? And if the latter approach, THEN learning the entire song at 30%,15%, full speed? I realize either approach would work, but which would you consider ideal?

Thanks,

Greg

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Tue, 07/17/2018 - 15:24
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David Barrett
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Hello Greg. I recommend you

Hello Greg. I recommend you approach it by, "learning the entire song at 30%, then at 15%, then full speed," and ultimately with the jam track.

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Thu, 07/19/2018 - 10:15
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That's how I approached "Walk with Me"

Thanks for clarifying David. That is the method I used to learn the level 1 Study Song.  In working through "Temperature", the other approach just occured to me. I'm glad to know that I'm proceeding in the correct way.

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Thu, 07/19/2018 - 11:38
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Great

Great

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