Klarinet Archive - Posting 000968.txt from 1998/08

From: "Rey Trajano" <mtrajano@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Memorization
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 19:30:10 -0400

I know how you feel...my school always seems to choose marches like that...

Here's my (almost) guaranteed, although tedious, method for memorizing ANY
piece of music you need to for band or anything else.

Start by playing the first measure of music. Then, play it again. Then,
play it again and again and again. Ten or more times usually is enough.
Now that you've thoroughly familiarized yourself with that measure, close
your eyes ( or turn the music over )and try to play it. If you can't play
it with your eyes closed (or music turned over), look at the music again and
play the measure ten more times. On the other hand, if you are able to play
that measure reasonably well, then play it ten more times without looking at
the music.

Now comes the really tedious part. Now that you've memorized the first
measure, look at the music again. Add one measure to what you have been
playing, e.g. if you've been playing one measure play 2, or if you've been
playing 3 measure play 4, etc... Then, with the new set of measures, which
is just what you have been playing plus one more measure, repeat ALL of the
steps above except substitute your current number of measures for the first
measure. Keep adding another measure and repeating all of the steps until
the whole march or piece is memorized.

If you are able to do all this, then congratulations, you should have
memorized the march. To ensure that you don't forget the march, if you run
through the whole piece at least once every week or two, you should have no
trouble keeping it memorized.

I hope this helps...it did for me!.... :-)
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Umibig ka na ba?
-Rey
-----Original Message-----
From: ReAnSt@-----.com>
Date: Monday, August 31, 1998 1:33 PM
Subject: [kl] Memorization

>Does anyone have any hints on memorizing marching band music? I have
always
>had a lot of difficulty memorizing music. This years music has a lot of
parts
>which are almost the same but slightly different which are causing havoc on
my
>brain. I would greatly appreciate any tips that could help me memorize it.
>And the whole clarinet section would also appreciate it!
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