[Perform-Talk] Memorizing exercises

[Cindy Ray]

Then as you know bars, play them last bar first and play it in reverse. Also vary patterns.
Cindy Lou Ray
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> On Feb 5, 2024, at 1:41 PM, Ella Yu via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>>> 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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