I made through the lessons leading up to “Let’s Hit the Gym”. I wanted to pass on a tip that I found useful. Before moving on I decided to go back through all the lessons and review them just to cement them in place, but without spending as much time. I was surprised at how easy everything came back. I was pleased at the level of recall. Even the bonus part of lesson six, which initially was a struggle. So I would definitely recommend quick reviews of each section to other people. It worked for me.
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Great tip and not just for QFG, it works well with anything you are learning.
So true. It takes some repetition to cement things in place. I just had to refresh on Native Instruments Polyplex. Kind of an interesting synth based drum program based on Reaktor.
In my experience there’s (roughly) three types of repetition.
- You need to practice regularly (5 times a week) with sleep in between to create the short term repetition that makes your brain hardwire the new stuff you’re learning.
- The medium interval is sort of what Ratskins is describing. Cementing everything in place by going over a “course” again quickly
- Finally, you can “come back” to old stuff you’ve learned, and simply because of the fact that you’ve changed as a musician and human being you will see the old material in a different light, approach it in a different way etc. Which would also further your development.
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