Thanks Mike! Yes, it is very rewarding. With all of that effort, I was so happy to find the rest of the solo was a piece of cake in comparison. I was kind of dreading having to slog the same way through the rest of it, but if that was what it took, then so be it.

I do have a question though. I find that since I focused so hard on that opening lick that when I play, I don't really hear it if you know what I mean. It is more of a mechanical exercise now and it's lost some of its soul. Hopefully you understand what I'm talking about.

How do you get past that or avoid it? So you experience anything like this when learning something difficult for you?

I plan on recording our practice session tonight, so perhaps when I listen to the playback it will be different once I'm removed from it.