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This is something I struggle with all the time, but with experience I feel like if there's a thing that you're trying to do that's really technically proficient, it's worth asking yourself - How long did it take the person who actually wrote/performed this solo- to be able to play it? A month, a year? A few years? Their whole life? If you've been practicing it for a month and you feel like you're hitting a wall, it's totally cool to give yourself a break to give your technique time to catch up and regroup. Remember a month is a very short time You will 100% be able to play it eventually, but you can't rush the muscle memory/experience needed to do what you're trying to do, so enjoy the chase and know that anything else you try to split up the time with will serve what you're trying to do in the long run The whole 'quitting' mindset can turn the playing/exploration of your instrument into a sport and It's easy as a lover of the Metal genre to get sucked into a certain expectation of your playing - I need all the chops etc. The only advice is can give is to take any decision you make as a positive one, as long as you're enjoying playing your instrument and learning, even if you're not nailing that 1 particular solo, you're improving another aspect of your playing Hopefully this wasn't too much of a ramble, but I can relate to the dilemma
This is something I struggle with all the time, but with experience I feel like if there's a thing that you're trying to do that's really technically proficient, it's worth asking yourself - How long did it take the person who actually wrote/performed this solo- to be able to play it? A month, a year? A few years? Their whole life? If you've been practicing it for a month and you feel like you're hitting a wall, it's totally cool to give yourself a break to give your technique time to catch up and regroup. Remember a month is a very short time
You will 100% be able to play it eventually, but you can't rush the muscle memory/experience needed to do what you're trying to do, so enjoy the chase and know that anything else you try to split up the time with will serve what you're trying to do in the long run
The whole 'quitting' mindset can turn the playing/exploration of your instrument into a sport and It's easy as a lover of the Metal genre to get sucked into a certain expectation of your playing - I need all the chops etc. The only advice is can give is to take any decision you make as a positive one, as long as you're enjoying playing your instrument and learning, even if you're not nailing that 1 particular solo, you're improving another aspect of your playing
Hopefully this wasn't too much of a ramble, but I can relate to the dilemma
