Originally Posted by
JeffD
Why on earth do that?
I mean the trying part. Just keep reading it from the music, and eventually you will find that you are not actually seeing the music, it is just a mental jog, an anxiety reducer if you are performing, and you will find that actually you can remember the music just fine without having to try and memorize it. Its just something that happens.
In fact, my experience is that the hardy I try, the worser I get, but if I just relax it eventually happens. I discovered this in highschool marching band. We had these music holders attached to our instruments, once I left mine in the clarinet case on the bus, and I just went without. It turned out just fine. I knew all the music, but i didn't know I knew it. I just remembered it.