Piano and memory: Strategies to memorize piano music
2019 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]
This study was carried out in order to discover new strategies to memorize piano music. There are six different types of memory involved in performing: auditory, kinesthetic, visual, analytical, nominal and emotional. There are two main ways of practicing: playing practice and non-playing practice. I tried to find out if the order in which we use these two kinds of practice affects the quality of the memorization. During one week I practiced three different pieces following three different methods: 1 Using only playing practice; 2 using first playing practice and then non-playing practice; 3 using first non-playing practice and then playing practice. The second method had a much better result than the other two. The whole process was registered with a video camera and a logbook.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 33
Keywords [en]
Piano, memory, memorize, memorise, memorization, memorisation, performance practice, music practice, Johann Sebastian Bach, Manuel de Falla, Sergei Prokofiev, orchestra
National Category
Music
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-3331OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-3331DiVA, id: diva2:1381619
Presentation
2019-10-16, 1D220, Valhallavägen 105, Stockholm, 08:00 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
Note
The exam concert is archived for copyright reasons until 2023.
2019-12-302019-12-232021-04-19Bibliographically approved