Unfortunately, most piano students begin and end their musical careers being taught how to play notation, not music…
memorization
“Memorization” is in quotes because the goal of studying is not to memorize a piece of music like you memorize a sequence of random numbers…
In order to illustrate the amazing power of patterns, let’s try a fun little memory challenge in four parts…
Your brain is a natural seeker, recognizer, discriminator, assimilator, interpreter, relater, combiner, connector, and creator of PATTERNS…
Recall is a much tougher memory task than recognition, as illustrated by two everyday examples…
A major goal of studying music is to turn disconnected pieces of information or behaviors into a single, unified, meaningful idea or behavior…
While some memories fade and disappear over time by a process of gradual decay, the primary reason that most of us “forget” something is that we never really learned that something in the first place.
“Memorization” is in quotes because the goal of studying is not to memorize something like you memorize a sequence of random numbers…
Attention is probably the least appreciated aspect of intentional learning…
Your brain’s memory system consists of four sub–systems…