By Carolyn Walter
Memorizing music can be a daunting task for musicians of all stripes. Unfortunately for many of us, repetition alone is not enough. Simply playing a piece of music from a score over and over again only teaches you to play the piece extremely well. . .but with the aid of the written page. The key to “getting off of the page” is identifying what kind of musical learner you are, and which strategies will be most effective for you as an individual.
#1 Prepare the piece for memorization
For technically challenging works, memorization will be much more difficult if you don’t have a firm grasp of the most difficult sections beforehand. In a similar fashion, you should have a clear picture in mind of
Take Note 