[Perform-Talk] Memorizing exercises

Tue Feb 6 01:22:30 UTC 2024

How about memorization mania
Leslie Hamric
Cello and Braille Music Teacher

> On Feb 5, 2024, at 7:16 PM, Jason Castonguay via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi, friends!
> 
> Thanks a lot for the feedback. It sounds like I’m not alone in this madness. I can’t come up with another word for it in the spur of the moment. LOL. Even with the piano, which I’ve been playing all my life, I’ve never encountered exercises like this. But it has illuminated the way I usually go about memorizing and I’ve never really thought about that before, oddly enough. I just did it. And now, I know where improvement can be made, if my brain can handle it. LOL.
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> Hope everyone’s having a great week!
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> 
> Best regards,
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> 
> -Jason
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>> On Feb 5, 2024, at 19:03, Cindy Ray via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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 <mailto:perform-talk at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
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>>> 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:
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>>>> 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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