I have a log that I track every song I riff repeat begening to end. I write it down in a notebook I have with the title of the song, artist, rythm or lead and the date. I also put a note to the side of what techniques the song is teaching me.

 

I keep every song at 100% difficulty I just adjust the speed according to how challenging the song is.

 

Example:

Metallica - Jump in the Fire (Rythm) (Palm mutes, Power chords, alternate picking)

 

12/19/14 - 75% Speed - 10 Notes Missed

12/20/14 - 75% Speed - 8 Notes Missed

 

 

I usually stick to 5 songs at a time because the goal is to use a song as a lesson and play it as much as you can. There are so many cdlc's here that can be constructivly used to help us improve its just how you do it, I find playing at a slow pace can get boring but its so effective. Thats why by having a journal of what your playing makes it more fun and interesting.

 

I look at my book and only have 7 songs logged right now. But I wonder how much im going to improve once the book is filled to the end or even halfway.

 

Everyone has their own way. I thought I would just share with you guys!

 

Great idea. I respect your dedication to working on only a handful of songs at a time and to really focus on learning from RS. A lot of people, me included, use RS mostly as a means to play some songs we like and enjoy ourselves while doing a little practice but not really try to master the songs and the techniques included.

I may use this approach to improve on some of my weakpoints, so thanks for sharing.

I like the journal/progress tracker idea, it is definitely something that should have been a feature of RS.

personally I am too lazy to do it myself, but would love it if when I clicked on a RS song it told me where i was at with my previous play through, not just telling me what was my best achievement, regardless of whether it was at 50% speed or 100%.

 

I have a spare white board lying around I may just put it up and try and track a few songs myself now, thank you.

Seems like a really simple spreadsheet would work well here.

Everybody have their way so is up to you what's working for them and what's not. The most important thing is to experiment and always try something different.So if somebody says boring! You could say: Not anymore! :D