Interesting Situation...

[jamon]

I find that after a while, I will get a lick down perfectly, and will be able to jam on it with my band for days. Soon after, however, I feel as though I am not hitting the notes as well, and having problems with all of my licks including hitting notes hard enough with my pinky. Do I need to just take some time off, because when I take like a few weeks off I find that I come back better. Please help

[mlt1214]

It might be just a mental thing. If I play the same thing over and over again, I just get flat out tired of it after a while and it doesn't sound/feel as good as I thought it did at first. If I come back to it later, it sounds and feels different. If you mean you physically can't play it any more, then there's always hand/finger exercises to help your endurance.

[Austinrocks]

do you practice sitting down and play standing up, I notice things change, started practicing standing up to keep it like I am playing.

[jamon]

It seems physical at times, but I am sure its mental. Are there any manditory mental states to get into before playing to maximize potential?

[HassanBinSober]

This all happens to me too. I think it's physical and mental. I just try to ignore the fact that stuff I could rip out yesterday doesn't sound as good today, for some reason. I learned to not sweat it. The brain functions in mysterious ways.

[jamon]

It just feels like I am unable to play what I normally do. Would a weeks off help?

[derekd]

Originally Posted by jamon

It just feels like I am unable to play what I normally do. Would a weeks off help?

Learning on guitar is not linear, and we seem to grow/develop more in spurts. I am not a fan of taking time off, but of pushing thru. YMMV

[jamon]

but i feel like my fingers aren't hitting the strings hard enough now and they used too. I find that with my thumbs for some reason, this does not happen. I feel also as though I have lost speed in my legato. Sometimes time off works, like an artist takes time off from painting to gather the mind. Any thoughts?

[jamon]

and sometimes it is almost like relearning the riff, like I never played it even though I have millions of times.

[jamon]

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