From 3b487bdef46d83432a35e12050bc388ddcd32926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bas Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:48:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add routine provenance (video + source thread) to README Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) --- README.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 35cc585..c538b4c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,6 +9,31 @@ Built with **Svelte 5 + Vite** as a fully static SPA. Music theory is powered by [`tonal`](https://github.com/tonaljs/tonal). Timing uses a Web Audio lookahead scheduler so the metronome never drifts. +## Where this routine comes from + +The drill set began with the YouTube video +[**“How to get SO GOOD at guitar it feels ILLEGAL (Using Neuroscience)”**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SNcy_GprQU). +Its practice principles were turned into a concrete, coded routine — the R/F/T/L/E +drills kept in my Obsidian wiki — in [this conversation](https://claude.ai/share/dfded9f7-5a26-4ea7-b265-fab118e32ed7). +This app then gives each of those drill codes an interactive helper so the routine +is actually runnable next to the guitar. + +The routine is built on a handful of evidence-based practice ideas from the video: + +- **Interleaving + active recall** — mix skills within a session and test yourself + cold, instead of mindless blocked repetition of the same lick. +- **A practice journal** as the engine that makes the rest work. +- **Short, frequent sessions** over long grinds. +- **The additive approach** — build a passage up in tiny increments. +- **Deep practice / myelin** — effortful reps right at the edge of your ability. +- **Mental practice** away from the instrument. + +Several of these are baked into the app: the “clean? +2” tempo bump enforces +additive, edge-of-ability progression (only speed up once a rep is clean); +per-drill BPM persistence supports short daily sessions and a journal-like record +of where you left off; and the mixed drill categories on the index page nudge you +toward interleaving rather than grinding one skill. + ## Develop ```bash