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8.14Level 1 — melody only

Before analyzing the full harmony, learn the tune’s melody cleanly.

At faster tempos especially, you need the melody internalized.

Otherwise your mental bandwidth gets consumed by:

  • notes
  • rhythm
  • harmony
  • fingering

all at once.