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Band in a Box does not do that.

**I think it is a very bad idea. Practicing is the ar and science of reinforcing that which we are supposed to do. Practicing is the repetition of the correct. Matter of fact, the French for "practice" is "repetition". Using a software that stops and starts with our mistakes will only serve to reinforce the mistakes.

And, it is ultimately extremely important to the art of making music to count at all times for yourself, no matter if accompanied or not, which is part and parcel of performance.

I would advise any serious student to avoid using a software like that.


--Mac



+1. It is SO boring to do...but I've seen (and read about) ULTRA-advanced guitarists play new lines SO slowly they sound like beginners but eventually working up to warp speed...like Tommy Emmanuel...and never play a clam. But that's only because they forced themselves to play at 1/4 tempo...or even slower until they played it PERFECTLY maybe 50 times...then and only then do they bump up the speed...a little.

It's what I call the "finger bleed method" and I think all top players use it...MAYBE excluding true prodigies.

Of course, for slugs like me...I could practice Tommy's Classical Gas...and no other song for the rest of my life my life and never get it...But that puts me in a HUGE majority of players on the planet.

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