Giving Myself a Break!

If you keep ODing by playing that long, you are more likely to burn out. Pick how long you want to play, and then stop. Leon isn't going anywhere.

 

No, I mean stop for the day. I think it's better to play x minutes per day, each day, not until your eyes are crossed.

 

I don’t think how long we practice will guarantee our learning

Length of time is important no doubt,

but how we practice matters more, in my experience...

Concentration takes a lot of work and when learning new things I think short sessions each day regularly are better than long sessions trying to nail one piece

Also if a piece is so hard to learn, then I always think that maybe it is an indication for me that the underlying basics need more work

I also learned to break things down into small sections and work each small section out

I then find sometimes that I might be able to readily get certain sections down ...but that one sticky bit seems like I will never learn it

But when come back weeks, months or a year after working on other stuff and it can sometimes be , like wow I can actually play that now...

I also now that when I do long sessions at a less intense level that it has a meditational type effect

I don’t subscribe to the getting stressed out trying to learn stuff approach

Whilst learning things can be hard work, it should generate a sense of well being ...

The going fishing sounds like it was a good idea

Enjoy your bass .... I believe things come in time if we are persistent, consistent and patient ... but we need good learning habits and I have found other players and a decent teacher here and there can be invaluable in guidance on all of that plus more ...

Ross