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Originally Posted by jon_stggt

...began to get frustrated by not fully understanding things such as knowing every note of the pentatonic scale I was playing, not fully understanding the structure of chords etc.
So I've gone right back to step one, I am logging every note of the fretboard in my brain, mastering all scales and fully understanding chords to the point where I can form chords from my knowledge of scales.

I'm afriad I overcomplicated things when i was talking about how every note of the pentatonic scale has its own feel and so forth. If i were you i wouldnt say "i'm gonna learn every note of the pentatonic scale" instead i would say "i'm gonna jam and have fun and as a side objective im gonna notice what the root sounds like." then after i got an understanding of the root maybe a week or two or more later say to myself "i'm gonna jam and on the side i'm gonna pay attention to what a fifth sounds like." and so on (after the root and 5th i would recommend paying attention to what the minor third harmony sounds like). I say so because i got burnt out because i wanted to get better so much that i eventually put the guitar down. Mastering the guitar takes time and even though i wanted to take leaps and bounds forward i didnt think about any downsides. So I've taken on the idea that if i'm enjoying myself who cares if im good or not which means i will get better over time than i would if i tried to take huge leaps and bounds foward right away.