Category Archives: Memory
In the Technique Box – Part 3
In the box marked Advanced: 1. Essential Daily Exercises for Piano (Boris Berlin, pub Alfred). My go-to book for transfer students; a systematic approach to fixing or developing every aspect of technique. Organized in 20 sets (increasing in difficulty) of 14 … Continue reading
Musings on memory
Unscientific, anecdotal, and experiential musings on the five ways we memorize – in no particular order. We naturally have strengths in one or more areas, but I believe all should be developed and consciously thought through when we’re teaching memorization. … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Performance, Piano pedagogy, Practice Tips
Tagged Ear training, Key signature, Memorization, Memory, Music, piano practice, Piano teaching, relative pitch, Time signature
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It’s OK. Play a wrong note.
Last spring we heard an excellent talk by Edwin Gnandt (Professor at Ambrose University College) on the shifts in piano playing and teaching from the Romantic Period to the current scene. A summary can be found by clicking here. Last week … Continue reading
Memory Misadventures
I’ve been trying to prove wrong those who say we as adults can’t memorize as well as we could when we were children or teen-agers. I’ve spent the last 6 weeks working on memorizing two pieces of music to play … Continue reading
More on Memory
One of the blogs I check in on regularly is Cerebroom. Last spring Chad wrote an article about respecting the audience enough to memorize music played in performance. Like me, he believes successful memorization is a matter of time and … Continue reading
Memory and Time Spent
This is not a list of easy (or even not so easy) tips for memorizing. It is also not a list of the different brain processes that occur when memorizing. That information is out there in abundance. And I’m not … Continue reading
