yes it is on the cautious side and also depends on what is meantt by 'learn' a new tune. If learning a tune is taken as more or less being able to play the right notes in the right order then for some one a week is possible but I was thinking more in terms of reaching the 'polished version'
But then I suppose we all have effectively two lists of tunes we can play, i.e. those we have polished up and those we havn't - and maybe those we tried to polish up but somehow didn't quite get them to shine!
george
Got to agree that it generally takes quite a lot longer than a week to bring a tune to a final version (if that ever really happens)-I've known it take years but usually it's more or less there in a couple of weeks
In practice, though, I am learning and developing a number of tunes at any one time and I have done this since I started.
The first few months of learning were the ones in which I was the busiest in this way. I think I was probably picking up at least a tune a day (like the books used to say). Not quite sure how long that went on for. Like you say, though, this doesn't men I hd them down perfectly. [Edit: Why do my posts look as if they are written by the English policeman]
In terms of good practice methods your man who wrote "Music Practice" suggest splitting the things you are doing up into 10 or 5 minutes activities bescause you only retain the things done at the beginning.
He also suggests working on particular things on alternate days. To keep it fun and stop you getting bored.
I don't know if I can do this. It's definitely not what I do now. I intend to try, though. It seems to make sense.