Guitar Techniques

It's funny, I've played drums for 42 yrs. and find that if I really go nuts trying to learn something it won't sink in. Then one day... boom, got it. The other day something I've tried for years and couldn't do just....happened
You can get a - L.E.D. - metranome (?) Just a little lite no noise.

I think MsMilf nailed it with the muscle memory comment. That seems to be a common thing to all of us, try something over and over with no result and suddenly-tah dah-you've got it!!!

Jimmyspaz, I can't quite agree with you. Maybe I'm just retarded, but I've decided there are some things my fingers just refuse to play.

I found this jazz version of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer around Christmas '07, and despite all my practicing, i simply cannot play the song the whole way through. I always forget a chord, or finger one incorrectly despite the hours I have put into this song. No lie, I would play this version all year round if I could just get it down.