Difficult Pieces?

[Joshua Phelps]

That make a lot of sense, thanks guys. Ken, my best (& most talented) teacher I ever had used that same rule of repeating a certain number of times to ensure you have it & that has always helped rather than just thinking it will be better the next time around. I always slow the click way down & make sure all my subdivisions are correct & perfect before trying to go closer to the proper tempo. I guess sometimes I forget even the greats probably learn new pieces this way as well. You hear the term sight reading a lot & I tend to think just because you can't walk in cold & play perfectly the first time through on piece you've never seen that you aren't a good sight reader but I guess sight reading that way is for more James Jameson type electric bass stuff & not music with 4 key changes, dynamics everywhere, crazy Bowings, lots of shifts & a fast meter all on a instrument that requires intonation.