Repetition alone doesn't improve technique — it just builds habits, good or bad. The real skill-building comes from paying close attention while you play slowly and correctly; mindless reps just cement whatever you're already doing, mistakes included.
Varied practice and interleaved practice both beat grinding one thing in a straight line. Practice D throws from different notes, tempos, and contexts instead of a hundred in a row, and jump between two or three different focus areas in a session rather than finishing one before starting the next — both make a session feel harder in the moment but produce faster real improvement.
Bridge the gap between exercises and tunes by pulling the actual embellishment-plus-lead-in straight out of the tune you're learning. If a tune has four D throws in it, circle each one along with the two notes right before it, and drill exactly that snippet — it's the missing middle step between 'I can play it in the exercise' and 'I can play it in the tune.'
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