Or maybe "muscle memory" or a short circuit in the synapses having to do with harmony mapping, tonal progressions ... whatever.
We all know how tough it is to change a bad habit. I don't know what is causing this current problem, but I'm trying to learn a new chord progression and after a couple 30 minute sessions I keep making the same mistake again and again. Something's ingrained in my brain that's causing it, and I don't know any way of overcoming it other than practice, but it got me to wondering what kinds of things may give others similar problems. What trips you up really badly these days?
It's true that I'm a mandolin newb, but I've been singing and playing other instruments for half a century, so there are some deeply ingrained expectations somewhere that causes my issue.
Here's what I'm doing, Bonaparte's March Norman Blake style:
A part
Am / / / C / G / Am / / / G / Em /
Am / / / C / G / Am / G / Am / / /
B part
A / / / A / D / Am / / / G / Em
Am / / / C / G / Am / G / Am / / /
It's like a tongue-twister, musically for me. I can get it sometimes, but I robotically tend to jump back to C from the G or Em chords, rather than going back to the actual tonic of Am.
Anyone else find this progression tough? And, what's giving you trouble of this sort these days, if anything?
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