Memorization Tips for Classical Guitar and Musicians – A lesson on how to memorize music. This lesson covers various ways to memorize your music for classical guitarists or musicians in general. Here’s a brief overview:
- Dedicate time to memory everyday
- Choose very small sections to memorize
- Identify musical elements (group notes together)
- Say things out loud to memorize naturally
- Use your music theory (identify chords, scales, sequences, etc)
- Simplify the music
- Memorize the end of the piece first
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Above: Graham Fitch talks through the correct ways to use the metronome. I know, I know, this is on piano and I’m running a guitar site, but I love Fitch’s lessons via Pianist Magazine on YouTube. I watch his lessons all the time because thinking in terms of music and not guitar can be very beneficial. It gets you away from all the guitar related complications and focuses you on the music. I used to (and still do) attend masterclasses for other instruments and have learned more about music from cross-disciplinary observation than from guitar lessons. In fact, I used to take lessons from violin and piano teachers to critique my actual musical playing.
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Thank you for your time. Sharing your experiences and thoughts and knowledge. I am 66 years old and have music theory. And I have your books along with Fernando Sor complete studies and your level 1 and level 2 book I bought on Amazon. I use my Martin 0-18 parlor guitar and sagework guitar support. Thank you and God bless you John
Dear Werner, I’d like to send you a copy of Bach’s French Suite no.1 first movement which I have written out for guitar. I used to play it on piano, so I know it well. It must be around grade 5-6. How do I send it to you for ypur comments? regards and thanks for an excellent series. John Hartley. ( I also am a jazz double bass player but enjoy the challenge of the classical guitar.
Hi, feel free to email it to me. See the contact page.