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chopiabin

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Do most people memorize the order of the notes of a piece like "next comes that C major chord, or e-f-a-c-g-d-c"? Or do they just get to where they don't think about it? I've never memorized the order of notes or the score, I just memorize the piece somehow. I was just wondering.

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bernhard

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Re: How do you memorize?

Reply #1 on: January 19, 2004, 02:54:04 AM

Have a look at this thread:

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=stud;action=display;num=1074417021

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Rach3

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Re: How do you memorize?

Reply #2 on: January 19, 2004, 06:44:12 AM

I don't think of the notes or the sounds or the chords as much as what the music IS, which I suppose subconciously is a mixture of pretty much everything along with an understanding of the music itself. Notes are only a representation of what is to be memorized.

Scriptus solus imago cujus discendum est. (sorry, couldn't resist)

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GG

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Re: How do you memorize?

Reply #3 on: January 19, 2004, 08:20:29 AM

Bernhard, thank you so much for your link. Nicely written.

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bernhard

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Re: How do you memorize?

Reply #4 on: January 19, 2004, 01:21:10 PM

You are welcome.

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BoliverAllmon

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Re: How do you memorize?

Reply #5 on: January 19, 2004, 05:16:56 PM

I memorize the patterns, chord progressions, and anything that stands out.

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GraceStansbury

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Re: How do you memorize?

Reply #6 on: January 20, 2004, 08:11:35 AM

just like boliver, patterns, chords and little tweeks that catch my attention

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jeff

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Re: How do you memorize?

Reply #7 on: January 20, 2004, 08:26:12 AM

i've found that concentrating on the physical sensation of the contact between my fingers and the keys (rather than the movements made by my fingers/hands/arms to play) helps aid my memory, and perhaps also helps sort out some technical problems.
i guess the reason it seems to help my memory could just be because it focusses my attention better, and maybe helps me relax

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