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Recording thoughts while memorizing music: a case study.

Tania Lisboa¹, Roger Chaffin², Alexander P Demos²

¹Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music London, UK.

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Student musicians can improve memory recall by recording their thoughts during practice. This technique, inspired by experienced soloists, aids in developing durable memorization strategies for musical pieces.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Music cognition
Learning sciences

Background:

Musicians often believe memory is individual, leading to a lack of universally taught memorization strategies.
Experienced soloists employ specific techniques for memorizing complex musical pieces.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effectiveness of a thought-recording technique for a student musician's memorization process.
To determine if this technique aligns with memorization strategies used by experienced performers.

Main Methods:

An 18-year-old piano student recorded thoughts while practicing and performing Schumann's "Der Dichter Spricht."
The student's practice and performances were video-recorded over 6.5 weeks.
Memory reconstruction was assessed after a 9.5-week break.

Main Results:

Recorded thoughts were stable and served as retrieval cues during memory reconstruction.
The student demonstrated rapid and durable memorization, comparable to experienced musicians.
The technique inspired the student to perform publicly and adopt it for new pieces.

Conclusions:

Teaching student musicians to record their thoughts can be an effective memorization strategy.
This method may bridge the gap between individual beliefs and universally applicable learning techniques.
The study supports the transferability of expert memorization strategies to novice learners.