I agree with you and have moved on to exercises 7-9 before reaching my speed goals for exercises 1-6. However, since I'm finding exercises 7-9 more difficult than they need to be due to not being ready, I'm putting more time in on the earlier stuff to build proficiency. It's working and the later exercises are getting easier.
I've also using the skills in exercises 1-6 to play songs. As long as I pick the songs carefully it's starting to sound like music. I'm choosing songs with a minimum number of chord changes since I want the right hand practice without much thought to what my left hand is doing. It's a painless way to get a lot of repetitions in. That's the only way I know to build "muscle memory" and get the hand on automatic.
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