How To Memorize Music Fast & Efficiently!

[@velcroman11]

Such a useful video. Clear, concise and most important no prevarications. 👍👍👍👍

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Wow! What a nice comment! Thank you so much

[@UnbiasedMagicReviews]

Awesome topic!!!! Loved this video and your tips!

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Oh sooo great to hear! Thank you so much.

[@achievemusic7790]

Great organization of these ideas, very helpful, Thankyou!

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Oh sooo good to hear! Thanks so much for letting me know 💫

[@denaro572]

This channel is such a gem.. You should have more subscribers!! :)

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

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[@jamesnewberry2945]

thank you just what I needed

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

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[@cvc778]

Thanks for the tips. I'm trying to learn "Easy winner". I will use your tips and see how it goes. Thanks again...

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Best of luck to you! Thanks for letting me know. ✨

[@JamsODonnell100]

I really liked that the concept of repetition for remembering was a addressed in a thoughtful way. It really added extra authority to what you were saying. Motor memory is a thing, ‘muscle’ memory isn’t! 😊 Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Oh did I accidentally say muscle memory in the video? 😬 I’m very nervous on camera. Thank you for the nice comment!

[@JamsODonnell100]

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons .No, you didn’t, (unlike almost every other video on the subject!). That’s what I appreciated so much, and sets you apart. Well done and thanks again.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Oh phew! 😅 Thank you so much for the compliment.

[@marthagarcia6280]

Not even knowing your techniques, I had started doing small sections at a time on my own. Thank you for confirming I am on the right track. I will implement your other ideas as well.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Yes memorizing in small sections is definitely the way to go. Thanks for your comment! 💫

[@Sampercute]

Merci 🙏 ☺️

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

You’re so welcome! Thank you for the nice comment 💖

[@synthplayer1563]

The worst memory is motor memory, simply don't use it at all. After many years of playing the piano, I almost only use cognitive memory. Especially just the mental image of playing a piece note for note and the mental image of the theoretical structure of the piece. The real problem is long-term memory. If I don't play a piece, over time I lose the ability to play it from memory.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Yes motor memory can cause us musicians a lot of problems! Many people think they have a piece memorized when it’s really only in their fingers. It can stop us from reading the music and working on cognitive memorization techniques. Thanks for your comment!

[@adrianthomas6244]

​@BRILLANTEPianoLessons this is how I play my pieces I sight read them first, and then when I became familiar with them, I am humbly speaking able yo memorise them, a example of this is when I recently taught myself the Mozart piano sonatas k331 and k332, it's amazing how incredible our brain 🧠 is to be able to do this, all thanks to our creator the true God JEHOVAH, iam now learning the piano sonata k570 no17 1st movement, and hope I can commit to memory, this sonata soon thanks for the video, greetings from wales uk 😀

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Yes our brains are truly incredible! And it sounds like you have a special gift of memorizing easily!

[@adrianthomas6244]

@BRILLANTEPianoLessons thank you for your kind and encouraging comment, I definitely agree, our brains are wonderfull, it's like I see the notes iam playing in my head, and also the pattern of how the notes are played, a good example is a piece like Beethovens Moonlight sonata 1st movement, the triplets are in my head and as iam playing its like my brain 🧠 is scanning the notes and also the pattern of these notes and the sequence they are played, and that is the same of all my pieces, of course iam imperfect I made mistakes, but my brain immediately let's me know, and then iam able yo correct my mistake, truly only God's creation of the brain can ever explain this,all the best from wales uk

[@bh5606]

Presenters always point to their left for the next video, but nothing appears on my screen.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

You didn’t see the next video that I recommended at the end? Hmmm it shows up for me. But just an fyi the next video is usually linked in the description if that happens. Thanks for your comment.

[@nanthilrodriguez]

I have never had an issue with memorization. Memorization seems to extend from correct practice. Musicians seem to think that "running a piece" is the same as "practice". Practice and playing your instrument are NOT the same thing. To practice, you should be isolating small sections, i.e. 2 notes, 2 beats, a bar, 2 bars, and solving the problems presented in each bar. Play these small sections slowly, very slowly, correctly, then play each small section many times exactly the same way each time. If you find that the approach you've tried doesn't work, try a different fingering, or hand motion. Yes, sections as small as 2 neighboring notes, or even a single note or chord. If you practice correctly, I don't understand how you could ever struggle with memory.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Memorizing is very easy for some people. I’ve personally struggled with it, mostly because I have bad performance anxiety. So using the cognitive memory techniques from this video really helps me to feel confident and keep my pieces memorized long-term. Thanks for your comment!

[@mps4730]

Hmm...My opinion is at least for me,that fingering is the best way for me too memorize a piece. Granted it does take a few months depending on the piece Also I would recommend, Everybody Work on there relative pitch before you play by Memory., in a concert or recital. Very few of us have absolute pitch.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Yes I mentioned fingering towards the beginning of my video. And ear training is very helpful. I didn’t mention much about ear training. Good point! Thank you

[@winterheat]

will you consider teaching Moonlight Sonata 1st Mvmt, Pathetique 2nd, Etude 10, 3, and Mozart 545 2nd or first 12 measures of it or them please?

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

You would like a full piano lesson on these pieces? We are definitely planning to post a lot of piano lessons on famous classical pieces like the ones you mentioned. We’re running as fast as we can! 😅This KZbin thing is an insane amount of work! But thank you for your suggestions! We appreciate it.

[@winterheat]

​ @BRILLANTEPianoLessons either full lesson or just the first 12 measures of them would be good too... like I am able to play the full Moonlight Sonata 1st mvmt, but have to keep playing or else I will forget after 2 months. Some other pieces may be too difficult to me if it is beyond the first 12 or 20 measures. Thank you. Maybe if you treat KZbin as a hobby, then it wouldn't have any time pressure because you treat it as a fun thing to do. But I know, KZbin has some kind of algorithm to decide whether to promote your videos... sort of like, if I remember the SAT word like abstruse, they think I am smart and should go to a good school but if I think it is not a word that is often used and don't learn it and don't follow the system, they think I am not good and don't let me go to a good school. The same if I memorize software interview questions and answers. If I memorize it and recite it during an interview, they may hire me, while if I don't bother to memorize them to "crack" the interview, they think I am no good (there are 2000 of such questions and answers in the database called LeetCode. Each one of these could take 10 to 30 minutes to solve but in the past it took people days or even years to solve.) Now they want you to memorize them all to "show that you are good", but some experienced engineers consider it quite silly to memorize questions and answers like this.

[@winterheat]

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons (by the way, the teacher Josh Wright teaches a portion on KZbin and sell the rest of the lesson on Teachable... not sure how you want to do it. Pianote did have a full lesson for Moonlight Sonata 1st mvmt.

[@BRILLANTEPianoLessons]

Yes if you want to be successful on KZbin and have your videos seen you have to post regularly. Stay tuned for our piano lessons on specific classical pieces! We do have piano lesson courses on our website like Josh Wright does. We’re just getting started though. Thank you!