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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Memorize at the Same Time You Learn a Piece


I'm studying a most interesting article entitled "Fundamentals of Piano Practice" by Chuan C. Chang. Many innovative suggestions are offered, some of which I'll have to ponder before I would incorporate or recommend, but I did find this quotation of interest and value:

"Once students develop memorizing-learning routines that are comfortable for them, most of them will find that learning and memorizing together takes less time than learning alone, for difficult passages. This happens because you eliminate the process of looking at the music, interpreting it, and passing the instructions from the eyes to the brain and then to the hands."

There's the pdf version to download: http://www.pianopractice.org/book.pdf.

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