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Hi Dmnchild! In the beginning, I felt the same way as you do. I would've liked to seen both hand and note charted on the music just out of convienence. Now that I'm done with all the bootcamps and venturing into learning full songs, I'm glad I didnt have both finger and note charted on the music. T...

Hi MiddleC! I touched on this in my post, "How I overcome difficult lessons..". Where I think it could serve you here is to listen to the actual song over and over (pull it up in youtube or wherever). Another tip is that the pattern in the challenge (last lesson) repeats itself after 20 measures. P...

Welcome to the Playground Sessions Family, nokeys! I wish you all the best on your journey here and dont hesitate to look around in the forums for tips or to post something of your own. There are plenty of members here that will love to reply and/or provide any guidance you may need. Welcome again t...

Hello Robin! The honest answer - its completely up to you. There is no generalized path to follow that will make you learn efficiently. You set the path however you feel comfortable with. Be careful about getting too comfortable and plataeuing. Make sure whatever path you choose for yourself that i...

Hello there MiddleC! I know what you're talking about. All of what you've described, was apart of my "struggle" to learning. The keyword in that last phrase being "was". How I figured it out was that I found myself overly obsessed with the "scoring everything 100%" - so that I would feel confident....

Hello MiddleC! I've finished all the bootcamps a few months ago and I still go back to a few songs from each level as apart of my warmup (I also still run thru the 1-octave scales). What I view as "warmup" as playing the song as close to 100% accurate and only from memory. Sometimes, I just dont re...

Hello MiddleC! I just wanted to jump in and provide a tip. I play on a yamaha P-115 and the sustain pedal can act as any of the 3 pedals on a normal piano. Anyway, I have it specific as a sustain, however, it also can have reverse polarity; meaning, if I hold down the sustain pedal as I'm turning o...

Hi Comradelobster! Practice/Time points are meant to measure your "official" time spent practicing and how well you did on any given lesson. You can find your "stats" under the "MY PLAYGROUND" tab (at the top of the page)...then just below that, there's a sub catagory called "DASHBOARD". This gives...

Hello MiddleC! What specific lesson with the background drums appears to be "off-beat"? Here's another way of shortening the learning curve - focus what you need to play around the drums instead of depending the drums being on the "2 and 4" beat. Speaking as a long-time drummer (for over 35 years n...

Hello again MiddleC! Thank you for the kind feedback! If I understood you correctly, you started at the Intermediate bootcamp? Did you complete the Rookie bootcamp beforehand? I think that maybe you didnt considering you said at the bottom of your post, "I think I am not authorized for scales". Mea...