12-07-2014, 11:36 AM
Ah I understand. Well personally I thought the pose looked nicer leaning back, but if that's not what you wanted thats fine.
I get why you might want to tough it out, but I've been there and in my experience if you've spent more than 3-4 hours trying to work out a single aspect of the piece its time to move on. You'll learn more by doing many exercises rather than trying to do one perfectly. The fact the you are struggling for so long is really just an indicator that the fundamental knowledge is missing. It's good to do stuff after your studies, but again after a while there are rather sharp diminishing returns the longer you spend on a single piece
I get why you might want to tough it out, but I've been there and in my experience if you've spent more than 3-4 hours trying to work out a single aspect of the piece its time to move on. You'll learn more by doing many exercises rather than trying to do one perfectly. The fact the you are struggling for so long is really just an indicator that the fundamental knowledge is missing. It's good to do stuff after your studies, but again after a while there are rather sharp diminishing returns the longer you spend on a single piece