[Perform-Talk] Memorizing exercises

[Ella Yu]

Hi, I've definitely encountered the sort of thing you mention, where it
seems like a sequence but it's really not because it's like one or two
notes different each time the pattern seems to repeat. Unfortunately, that
kind of situation is honestly just kinda a pain, and all you can really do
is just go bar by bar, then try to group it into two bars at a time, and so
on. It's the sort of thing that you just have to drill and repeat quite a
bit I'm afraid. Unlike the previous respondent, I play something other than
a wind instrument, but it's an issue that applies across the board.

On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 11:27 AM Chela Robles via Perform-Talk <
perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I would take it bar by bar and memorize it. That way I’ve done that quite
> a lot over the years and I’m also a trumpet player. I’ve been playing by
> ear since I was 10 years old.
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Feb 5, 2024, at 10:54 AM, Jason Castonguay via Perform-Talk <
> perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, everyone.
> >
> > Typically, when memorizing exercises either from braille transcription
> or by ear, I tend to make associations or try to turn the exercise into
> some melody or I find predictable patterns that make it easier to memorize.
> Well, that is not the case in this book of etudes for the trumpet. The
> exercises are easy, but not as predictable in some cases. Furthermore,
> those I am studying right now sort of blur together in my mind because they
> are in the same key and do similar things, but with different notes.  Argh!
> But I can’t read and play at the same time.
> >
> > Has anyone else dealt with this? What have your solutions been? So far,
> I’m just taking it one step, or measure, at a time. Ha ha.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
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