Greetings! I am currently trying to learn 'You and a Canoe'  and struggling immensely with the 13th fret jump from fret 10. Attached below (tab from Clifford Essex).

I've watched all the videos I can find on the piece, slowed them down, as well as repeated the position change endless times, but can't get it to note cleanly at speed. Is it best to slow down to the level where the whole piece is in line with the slow transition, or just muddle through hoping it will eventually get clearer without fingers muting other strings or slightly missing frets? I'm happy to put the work in but the one change is a stretch and I don't want to repeat my mistakes! Many thanks.

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Start slower than you think you can play.  Once you can play it consistently in time with the bell still ringing the first beat, move the dial faster.  But practice, and drilling down, should be pretty slow.

And don't skip past any alternate fingering exercises.  Do them until your right hand is programed.  Alternate fingering, along with counting, are the keys to this whole thing. 

 Yes.  Start slow and not only slower than you think you can play, but at a pace slower than it has ever occurred to you that music could, should, would be played. 

Joel Hooks said:

Start slower than you think you can play.  Once you can play it consistently in time with the bell still ringing the first beat, move the dial faster.  But practice, and drilling down, should be pretty slow.

And don't skip past any alternate fingering exercises.  Do them until your right hand is programed.  Alternate fingering, along with counting, are the keys to this whole thing. 

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