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Mon, 10/05/2020 - 14:33
lhobdey
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David - After a few weeks of not being on the site I come back to continue my LOA studies and in reading the forums I run across Ear Training Study 2. It sounds like something I could benefit from but diving into that lesson would keep me away from my Level 6 studies for a few weeks. The question is - Should I focus primarily on my harmonica goal which would be to study/practice each day on some portion of my current LOA lesson or is it OK to venture off the beaten path and look at some other area of harmonica playing. I have gotten off track several times from looking at YouTube and trying to learn a song or technique from there and can miss several weeks of LOA study. I tell myself it is OK as any harmonica playing/study should be good for me but then maybe not as I am then not concentrating on my LOA studies.  What is your opinion?

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Mon, 10/05/2020 - 14:54
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David Barrett
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Hello lhobdey. It's totally

Hello lhobdey. It's totally fine to take side journeys... there's no hurry... this is your hobby.

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