Practice Habits: “Memorization” Problems

“Memorization” in quotes because the goal of studying and practicing is not to memorize a sequence of obscure musical symbols…

The True Nature of “Memorization” Problems

1. The reason we fail to remember music is not because we have a “memory” problem. In other words, there’s nothing wrong with our brain’s memory systems.
2. The reason why most of us “forget” the music is that we never really learned the music in the first place.
3. And we didn’t truly learn the because we never truly studied the music.

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The Cure for “Memorization” Problems

1. The solution to all “memory” problems is not to practice “memorizing”, but to study and practice the right things the right way.
2. If you want to remember something, you need to find ways to make it memorable!
3. The real goal is not to “memorize” the music, but to understand the music.
4. Understanding the music is accomplished by studying and practicing the music using all four musical intelligences: ear, intellect, eye, and muscle.
5. Instead of just having merely “memorized” the music, you will have internalized the patterns and essence that make that music tick: by it sounds, feelings, melodic and harmonic constructs, visuospatial keyboard layouts, and choreography.

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