by Lora | May 9, 2015 | Adult learners, Memorization
In our previous posts in this series about tips for memorizing music, you learned about the different types of memory. You learned about singing. And you learned about listening and analyzing. Now we’ll talk about tips for enhancing the visual memory. This is...
by Lora | Mar 4, 2015 | Adult learners, Memorization, Music tips
In the first post in this series, you learned about the four types of musical memory and about the first simple memorization technique: start small. In this post, you’ll learn about the second simple memorization technique, form analysis. If the name of that...
by Lora | Feb 26, 2015 | Adult learners, Memorization, Music tips
Yes, there are simple techniques that can help you memorize music. And I’ll tell you about them in this series of posts. But first, let me lay the foundation by telling you about four common types of musical memory. You’ll see why these are important...
by Lora | Mar 8, 2013 | Memorization, Music tips
It’s funny, when teachers tried to tell me how to memorize, I got silly suggestions. “Pretend there is a silver thread connected from your brain to your fingers….just hear the notes, and your fingers will play them”. Meanwhile, I have to stand...
by Lora | Jan 21, 2020 | Adult learners, Left hand technique, Practice Tips, Uncategorized, Violin practice tips
Violins do not have frets. We don’t’ have black or white keys. This makes it extremely easy to play out of tune, and extremely difficult to play IN tune. Lucky for us, our hands are like little brains that memorize the distance between notes. If we train...
