Several ways to memorize sheet music for piano playing.

Memorizing music should be an important part of piano playing. In many important occasions, such as competitions and examinations, it is necessary to memorize the sheet music to play, which is different from our usual habit of practicing the piano, and the habit of memorizing the sheet music is deepened and strengthened in the practice. The learning of piano playing is not only a long-term honing of the fingers, but also contains countless precise thinking activities, and the level of thinking ability will directly affect the level of playing. The auditory, motor, and visual processes of playing the piano constitute the information that is memorized. I didn't want to bring this up because students don't have any trouble memorizing music, but last week, a parent asked how to memorize music better. I think it's a good question, and I'd like to share some of my thoughts on it. I do think that piano playing requires the player not only to accurately reproduce the complete sound of the piece in his brain. In the primary stage of the formation of proficiency, mainly rely on the visual score to give you information to control the entire playing action, to the entire piece of music to reach a certain stage of proficiency, in the mind will remember the body, finger movement and a series of mechanical procedures, and finally gradually form the automation of playing, that is, memorizing the score to play. However, such memorization is often not solid, due to the memory of the obstacles on the stage and the occurrence of errors and even stop the accident, therefore, give full play to the effective memory, on the stage to maintain a clear head, for the piano player is very important. To improve the effectiveness of memorization, this effectiveness, is the stability of playing. Therefore, the process of memorization includes recognition, retention and recall. The formation of proficient skills in piano playing is the result of the constant repetition of these three processes. On the basis of this and the scientific way of memorization, it will produce the desired effect. Memorizing music is a comprehensive ability. There are several ways to memorize music, which are summarized by others as well as by individuals. First, the auditory memory This is one of the most commonly used way to memorize. It is to use the ear to listen, can be the music of the weave, structure and the effect it produces combined. Thinking about the music in our mind can help our hands to make the correct playing movements. The auditory effect of different harmonies and modes is an important way to reinforce the memory. Children can also use this method by starting with a short piece of music, placing the sheet music in front of you and playing it accurately a few times. Then stop playing and try to use your brain to map out the progression of the piece, trying to listen to the piece internally. If you have been able to memorize some parts of it, then it is important to repeatedly recall those forgotten parts, the places where you tend to break off when you play yourself, just those places, so repeatedly deepen the memory of those places. So as to get a complete memory again. Then return to the piano a few hours later to memorize the piece. When the entire melody of the piece has been firmly imprinted in your mind, the score will naturally be memorized. This is to use the position of the fingers on the keyboard as the main means of memorizing the score. We do not advocate, can not rely solely on the inertia of the fingers to play, but often a lot of people will use this method, the brain without a score (in an unconscious state), the hands automatically drive all the notes in the running, without deliberately thinking, you know from where to which turn, you can reach your destination). This method, combines the visualization of the eyes for the keyboard position with the tactile sense of the hands for the keyboard position. However, it has to be admitted that the method of memorizing the position of the hands often plays a rather important role in stage performance. Because the change of position is a habitual action formed through countless repetitions of practice, this is what I just said, no score in mind, still can play very stable. Each piece of music has its own "shape" on the sheet music. When you memorize the score, you should first look at the score and practice very carefully and slowly, and after you can play it more accurately, then repeat those places that you think are complicated, until you remember the whole structure. If you can't remember anything, look at the sheet music to see where it connects, and continue to look at the sheet music and practice until you have memorized both the big outlines and the small details before you memorize the sheet music. When practicing, the notes, rhythms, and various notations become music and are memorized in the brain as the score is recalled over and over again. (This is very important, as many students nowadays just memorize the notes and ignore the rest). (This is very important. Nowadays, many students just memorize the notes and nothing else). And it should be noted that when memorizing, you should memorize phrase by phrase, not bar by bar. The phrase is the basic unit of music, not the measure (unless the phrase happens to be the same length as the measure). Many people waste a lot of time individually memorizing those black notes, which is pointless. To memorize and notate is to remember the thematic core of the music. Fourth, more reading, more analysis of the memory I personally feel that for those who can memorize the music quickly, do not need to spend too much effort in this area. Some people seem to be born with a quick mind and can leave an impression on their mind in a very short time. However, sometimes these impressions come and go very quickly. For the poor ability to memorize the people do not have to worry, as long as you can insist on practicing analytical memory, there will be a great improvement. The more you analyze, the more you see, the more you ponder. The more firmly the score stays in your head. Many people when they get the tune, how much time is spent on summarizing, looking at it more, analyzing it more? I have done experiments in this area, for new music, the same degree of students, a not for the analysis of music and summarize the law, unless he is very strong visual playing ability, generally slower to get started, this is why, some students learn fast and good, first by the teacher to bring, slowly these aspects, let the students to analyze themselves. More brain students, progress and finish faster than others. The more carefully, y and thoroughly a piece is analyzed, the firmer the memory will be and the deeper it will be in the mind, even for a long time. Even if you haven't played a piece for many years, you can still memorize the whole piece by mastering the skeleton structure and analyzing the structure of the piece.