How To Learn A Song Options

[Qenzoz]

Hello, I was wondering, how should I learn a song?

So I'm just gonna give some examples, and you can tell me which one you think is best, or maybe you have an idea of your own thats better

1) Isolate part by part
e.g. lets say here at GMC you're learning a song, and you first get the part 1 down, perfectly, then you move to part 2, get that down perfectly and then combine it with part 1 and make sure its perfect, and move on to part 3, and do the same thing, over and over till you've got it down.

2) Get it all down
e.g. you learn everything, so you can play it at a "okay" speed, and you have it all down, all the riffs, the solo, etc, and then you just keep playing it over and over again till it is at the right speed.

3) Area by area
e.g. you learn all the riffs first, after you have all that down perfectly, you learn the solo, and then you have that down, you combine it.


Thanks in advance ,
best regards Tobias.

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[Bogdan Radovic]

I usually go for the approach that combines your 1. and 2.
I would first try to get familiar with the song and all the parts. Listening goes first.
Then I try to learn all the parts at OK level so I can jam along and move towards perfect.
If there is a technically challenging parts - I will isolate it and work on it until I get it down (against backing or a metronome). Then I would try to play it in a song context which is a whole new challenge

For me it is most important to learn the whole piece as soon as possible (not regarding performance level - that comes with practice) as that way I can avoid learning the song half way through and never finishing it.

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