I cannot memorize music. It's very frustrating....to my teach, as well,?

Answer 1

If you study scales, chords, and intervals, you can apply this knowledge to the analysis of a piece. Ear training also helps. When you understand the form and compositional techniques used, it simplifies what needs to be memorized. For example, instead of thinking c-e-g-Bb, think the C7 chord or better yet, think V7 in the key of F.

Play a small section several times with the music. Then try it from memory. Repeat until you have it. If this is still difficult, use smaller sections. It is best to combine this technique with analysis. You will find that sections are often used again or again with small variations.

Try playing the piece very lightly on your instrument without making a sound. Play the first note or chord and then imagine the sound as you move your fingers without making a sound. Play another note or chord further in the piece to check yourself. Is the sound you imagine the same as what you play. This relies more on ear training. It is also what happens when you play at your best. You create the sounds that you hear in your head.

When you understand the composition and can imagine the sounds, it will be much easier for your fingers to find the notes. The other side of the coin is called muscle memory. If you play something over and over your muscles memorize the patterns. This is not very reliable because when you play on a different instrument everything feels different. Muscle memory is also like very short term memory. It needs lots of repetition and it is quickly lost.

MusicGoals by Eye and Ear is useful in gaining a very solid and practical foundation. Use it to set some goals for yourself. With practice you will reach these goals and it will make all the difference. It really works!

Answer 2

What kind of music? What style? Instrumental or vocal?

Like anything else in music, memorizing is a skill. The more you practice at it, the better you will get.

I was once in a marching band where we had to memorize all our music. The first year, I struggled and struggled to memorize my music line by line, but within a year or two later, I only needed to play a piece through 2 or 3 times and I knew it.

The hardest music for me to memorize is Carnatic music (from South India). I suspect it is because the music style is very different from the one I grew up listening to. The ragas or modes are very foreign to more ear, and I do not comprehend the melodies. To me, they sound more like random sequences of notes than melodies, until I practice them 100s of times. I find that I must memorize 16 notes at a time, and rememorize them every day, but each day, the sequence under review gets easier to rememorize. It takes about a week to get 32 notes in my head securely.

One trick to memory is to combine each item to be memorized with something meaningful. Thus, it is easier to memorize a song with words than a simple sequence of notes because you pair each word with a note, and when you remember the words (especially if they are meaningful to you and not in a foreign language), the notes will come back to mind more easily.

Answer 3

well the question is do you practice alot? cause if you practice 24/7 and very dedicated then you should have memorizing in the bag. But if you can't memorize finger the notes and pretend you are playing

Answer 4

try memorizing in phrases or small chunks, keep playing that small chunk over and over until you feel like you have it down then add just a few more notes keep doing this until you get through the whole song.

Answer 5

you may have bigger issues then rememberin music, maybe memory problems all together. but u can try listenin to your favorite songs a lot and it should begin to stick. try repeat lol

Answer 6

so whats your question?try to listen more