Is it normal that i can't play a tony banks keyboard solo to save my life?

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His keyboard solos are so hard. Gigantically hard. The one for the song called In the Cage is mind-numbingly difficult and now I'm depressed because I can't play them despite many people being able to. When I watch people recreate his solos on YouTube I just sit there with mouth wide open in envy of their ability to hit every single note so rapidly and flawlessly. I don't know how they do it and every time I try, I fail.

I am a very good keyboardist but I feel like the worst keyboardist ever. If I can't play at least one Tony Banks solo, I'm nothing and I might as well give up because what's the point of bothering with playing keyboards when I can't even play like my inspiration? If he can do it and many other keyboards can do it, why can't I? Is it normal to feel this depressed?

Now when I look at my keyboard I feel terirble about myself.

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  • NothingxCrazy
    12 years ago

    Don't get yourself down. Doing that will make you less likely to get the solo down in the future. Keep your head up and just practice it slow.

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  • Josie_57
    12 years ago

    dont get yourself down. keep practising. try doing it really slowly note by note, and then when you can do that, speed it up.

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  • Faceless
    12 years ago

    Speaking of keyboard solos, where did Keyboardsolo go? I valued that persons input.

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