Tony- I was going to add my two cents but Mark expressed my approach perfectly. Build it in small pieces then hook them together. But back away frequently or it will start to seem like work!Hi Tony,
Here's the approach I take to trying to learn difficult tunes.
First I think it's good to recognise that it is a difficult tune and losing any expectaion of playing it well with a few days or weeks.
I work on the first small section - probably about 4 bars and hopefully something that can be looped.
I try and get this completly memorised. when I can play this section at a slow tempo and from memory I move on to the next section (but keep practicing the first section as well). Eventually you have the whole tune and can put everything together.
If the tune is presently too difficult, it's good to work on it for a while and then drop it for a bit. When you come back to it it may seem a bit easier.
For easier or shorter tunes I would learn the whole lot at once but I don't think this works well for longer or more complicated tunes.
Good luck mate!!
Cheers!! :cheer: