Brad McEwen
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:23:59 -0700
Doc: Well, all I can say for myself is that my sightreading abilities are extremely bad.....I can't read from the page if someone puts it in front of me and asks me to do so. I generally get a tune in my head, use the dots to translate it (not that good at learning by ear, either!) and when I have sufficiently learned the tune, I commit it to memory. That probably doesn't help you, but it's my answer. Brad Doc Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was wondering whether anyone has any strategies for memorizing pieces. In the last few years I've had no luck at all memorizing music and really can't play without the tab in front of me any more. I think part of it might be age (although I'm not that old) and part of it is that I'm playing more complex arrangements, but it never used to be so difficult for me to remember music. Some years ago I memorized both parts of the JC Bach sonata for guitar and violin without actually making a conscious effort to do so - it just happened. I'd like to solve this and would appreciate hearing what any of you do to memorize music. Thanks, Doc To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. --