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[Gold_Jim]

How do others tackle those onslaught of chord sections? What's the method to your madness?

I actually cover Peace of Mind in my current band. I've always loved the song. Anyway, I've been playing lead, rhythm, and bass guitar for several years, and the way to learn intricate progressions hasn't changed much since I started playing in 1969. First, I learn the chord shapes (fingerings), then I practice getting from one to the other. For example, look at this week's guitar challenge, For a Fool by the Shins. They use a lot of inversions and odd chord shapes. Even though the chords move relatively slowly, the unfamiliarity still makes it hard to hit them the first time through. What I do is the same as I do when it comes to any other part and that's to slow it down, play at the speed I can handle without making mistakes. Then I ease the speed up until I'm at 100%. I also link the riff repeat parts so that eventually, the whole song is one riff repeat. By this point, I have everything memorized. Mastering the song is no problem at that point.

That's what works for me.

[fatherrock]

me and my good friend have a term , Getting ran over by the tour bus

Score attack needs some work because it has WAY too many busses.

If I am playing a song on easy..ALL of it should be easy, not most of it followed by a killer solo that racks 3 strikes in 15 seconds (the bus)
ALL of it should be the same difficulty...if you need to jack up the non-solo to even it out...do it.