Oh hell no. I've got a three month guitar student who can learn that in a week, maybe less.
This is her on guitar and I on the bass:
Well holy crap thats a three month student? Kicks the shit out of what I will probably be able to do in 3 months. You must be a hell of a teacher.
I'm pretty good, but she's also practicing about six hours a day. Every time I turn around, she's attached to my hip trying to learn more and continually bugging me for a new formal lesson. She's literally practicing for more hours than I do. I try to play for four hours per day, with two dedicated to practice and two for rehearsal. She's doing pure practice for six hours and then probably playing around for another two.
It's also much easier to learn when you're younger. There's a part of your left hypothalamus that will develop if you study while the brain is still plasticine. The more you study as a youth, the more it develops. As an adult, that doesn't happen. Your neural pathways are, for the most part and typically, already set.
Ah yes I learned a thing or two about that when I worked with brain injured people, high neural plasticity is typically unique to young people, It is occasionally observed in adults but its rare. There was a type of therapy that helped but I can't remember what it was called, it involved hooking electrodes to the patients head and stimulating certain parts of the brain while showing certain types of images. Super interesting stuff.
Anyway hopefully I've got enough left to learn. I won't be practicing for 6 hours a day but I'm sure I can get in at least an hour everyday.
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