Re: Memorizing a song
Another vote for singing along.
Years ago when my daughter was learning piano from Anna Magdelena's Notebook she was having a terrible time with them. So she and I sat down and made up really silly but easy to remember lyrics for the tunes. In one day her attitude changed from "I hate piano: I can't do it" to "Let's play it again."
I can't claim originality for this idea. Years before that I watched Peter Serkin perform. I was close enough to hear him singing along while he played. So lousy players like myself, good players like my daugther, and the greatest performers like Serkin use this technique.
Ha, ha! keep time: how sour sweet music is,
When time is broke and no proportion kept!
--William Shakespeare
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