[blindboyjimi]

The only thing I’d add is that I never leave a lesson without a 30 second iPhone video or recording of the song played correctly*. I find that I can then play the song in my headphones or whenever. Once you can link timing with the correct notes, you can hum it. Once you can hum it, you can memorize it, and once you memorize it, you can leave the music sheet, hear it and play it. Now you know it. It’s not cheating. You are learning by ear, by sight, by placing your fingers correctly on both hands, and using your memory all at once and you will learn much more quickly. YMMV, etc. but that’s what works for me. If we could only eat and smell at the same time we could use all 5 senses to tackle the problem.

*personally, with my screen name, blindboyjimi would swing those 1/8 notes. But it is great to learn both ways.