dAY 16

Tomorrow's another day and I dont' want to give up on this project.

I guess that's sort a metaphor for how learning an instrument is. You do things, even when you don't feel like it.

You've got to play even when you don't want to

Even when you ahve other things to be doing.

Even when it's boring.

You're spending time with your lute-family instrument of choice, and you're learning about it.

So tonight's not the normal kind of lesson we've been doing.

Your homeowrk tonight is to listen to music. Pick a song you sort of like. Not you favorite song, but that song you hear on the radio a lot that you don't hate.

Now listen to it. Count it out. Break it apart. Listen to the bass. Listen to the guitar. Listen to anything that's not what you normally listen to.

Then go back through the lessons, find something you remember not coming to you really easily, and play it slowly, Play it over and over, for ten minutes or more. Focus on getting it right, not getting it fast.

Learning is about repeating.

Tomorrow won't be a repeat of today.