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Mental strategies to improve playing from memory.

American Music Teacher

| June 01, 2008 | McKinney, David L. | COPYRIGHT 2008 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

For many musicians, performing from memory is expected. Thanks to romantic virtuosos such as Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and Niccolo Paganini, it is conventional for musicians at all levels to perform from memory. This demand places even more pressure on already highly stressed musicians. Memory lapses occur, and audiences are typically sympathetic. Nonetheless, the fear of forgetting the music while performing on stage lingers in the back of many artists' minds. For some, this fear may even become debilitative.

If you require your students to perform from memory, you have doubtless trained them how to memorize their music and lectured them on the benefits of ...

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