Hi everyone
I'm a self-taught pianist (roughly of grade 5 maybe 6, I'd say), and I'm perhaps stretching myself a bit by trying to learn Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2. Like most people, it is memorising the LH part that I struggle with, at this early stage of learning the piece.
I find that I normally am better at memorising a piece by making use of visual and kinesthetic ("muscle") memory, although often the knowledge of the harmonic progression per se is also helpful when playing. In this case, however, it seems to me that neither of these methods works for me to memorise the sequence of chords in the LH. It helps that there is usually a clear pattern that the LH usually follows (1 note, 2 note, 3 notes, with the index finger staying in place when moving from 2 to 3 notes), however I struggle with memorising the exact 2-note and 3-chord sequence that you have throughout each of the (A,B,C) sections of the piece.
Any tips on how to memorise the LH part more efficiently? Thanks!!