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
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
Dear Doc,
Part of the problem may be tablature. It is such an ideal system for
notating music for fretted instruments, that one only has to read it.
You're a good reader, so there is no need to memorise anything. Staff
notation for modern classical guitar, on the other hand, can be
difficult to
Dear Guy,
Couldn't agree more: musical literacy, like the other kind, is a
powerful tool. But (particularly amongst classical musicians--and
amongst those, perhaps particularly those trained for orchestral work)
the countervailing problems of literacy have perhaps received too
little
Hi all,
One thing I forgot to add in my previous message is that the other
thing I have tried to do of late is to play music away from the page
as much as possible. Since I have two small children running around
the house now (one is 3 years old, the other just turned 1), I don't
have a lot
And I fully agree that most classically trained musicians (myself included)
tend to be much too dependent on notes on a page. I consider it one of my
biggest limitations, especially with cittern, which I use mostly for
relatively informal music.
I suspect one good way to learn is to get
