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Day One Hundred Seventeen

Having broken the "Stairway" solo down into sections the other day, today I ignored the sections completely and just went through it slowly. It turns out my brother was right. It's not all that difficult of a solo. Sure, there are going to be parts of it that will take some getting used to. There are going to be some note combinations or runs that will take some time to perfect, especially for someone who so desperately needs to improve his lead playing, but the fact of the matter is that, if I just stick with it and go at my own pace, it's not going to be all that tough to learn.

I have this problem... always have really, in that I expect things to come to me quickly. I want to dive in and grasp a concept immediately, and over time I'm realizing that certain things (music especially) take a little bit more concentration for a bit longer period of time. Hopefully by acknowledging this here, I won't let it get to me so much. I think the root of the problem lies in the intimidation factor that some of the things I'd love to learn present. My brain has this habit of thinking that, if something appears hard initially, then it must actually BE hard. A lot of the time, if I would only look deeper, what seems tough on the surface isn't really all that tough underneath.

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