Billie Jean is a Wicked Mistress

[TheMaartian]

And a lot of shared commiserating.

[NoGuts]

So just letting you know last night I did,… scratch that, -tried- the Billy Jean lesson.
I already saw some posts before on the forum about how people got discouraged and I must say, I failed spectacularly but had a big laugh about it.
Primarily because of my complete ineptitude even after rewinding the lesson multiple times, which I haven’t done up till now.
But also because of the amount of times Josh emphasized not to get stuck on it and just move on.

I’m confident in about a month or two Ill look back and will actually be able to do the slow version. Right now I’m just very much surprised that it actually haunted my dreams last night, I can vividly remember a half sleep state where I was fiddling around with my fretting fingers and getting frustrated the plucking fingers weren’t keeping up.

I guess that was my brain trying to figure things out, I hope it rewires itself in time for the next lesson today!

I will, ofcourse, keep this thread in mind when I finally have been able to play it though. I’m very much looking forward to it!

[Rob5589]

@NoGuts

it actually haunted my dreams last night, I can vividly remember a half sleep state where I was fiddling around with my fretting fingers and getting frustrated the plucking fingers weren’t keeping up.

Props for trying, though! I didn’t even try the slow workout; just went through the fretting at a snails pace on my own. That was rough enough!

[NoGuts]

@Rob5589

Props for trying, though! I didn’t even try the slow workout; just went through the fretting at a snails pace on my own. That was rough enough!

But did you eventually nail the slow workout and further? And how long after you tried it the first time around?

I’m curious if my “month or two” is a generous enough estimate, or if I’m being very optimistic

[qenden]

@NoGuts

I failed spectacularly but had a big laugh about it.

That’s the spirit…you wil certainly get it , probably faster by laughing at your attempts than to get frustrated

[Rob5589]

@NoGuts

But did you eventually nail the slow workout and further?

Nope, I just fretted the notes at a snails pace and moved on. I’ll come back to it (maybe) in the future.

[NoGuts]

@qenden

That’s the spirit…you wil certainly get it , probably faster by laughing at your attempts than to get frustrated

Thanks, I’ll try to keep it up!

@Rob5589

Nope, I just fretted the notes at a snails pace and moved on. I’ll come back to it (maybe) in the future.

Keep us updated, I’ll try to come back to this thread when I eventually made progress as well in the coming weeks. We got this

[NoGuts]

Moving on from Billy Jean is amazing, sure first you get hit by a theory bomb but the next regular workout makes you feel like you’re progressing again
Now I’ve noticed I’m returning to Ska people to nail that perfectly, the first time I’m letting myself get stuck on a single riff. Got it 90% now though on the full speed, so I’m allowing myself to continue.

Don’t get me wrong, I was already continuing but came back for 3 days straight every day an extra 15 minutes to get the ska riff done. It’s a feisty one.

[MuppetLabs]

Today was Billie Jean day for me. I was curious to see how it would go, since I had weekly lessons for about 6 months before starting the course and the first four modules were pretty easy. I was able to do the slow workout, kind of muddled through the medium workout, but could not keep up with the full workout. So, it’s definitely a good benchmark. I didn’t worry too much about using the “correct” fingering.

For me, the hardest part is pressing way too hard on the frets until my fingers and wrist hurt. I was forced to lighten up the pressure. It turns out, it sounds fine with a much lighter touch and doesn’t hurt. My pinky still gets tired, but hopefully it will get stronger.