https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:25:56 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310574 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:16:01 +0000
If ya "feel" whatever it is you are playing...it's "yours"...you own it. Don't sweat the grey matter's retention capacity. :wink:

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310574 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310526 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:10:43 +0000 Opinions and Polls phillyblues https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310526 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310497 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:36:50 +0000 This does not make good imagery.
(Picturing me lost, dehydrated, and staggering around in a puddle.)
I'm going to another thread now.
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Up to a point...

After that, leakage of fluids happens even more uncontrollably than memory leaks. :shock:]]> Opinions and Polls Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310494 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310488 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:42:36 +0000 Opinions and Polls Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310488 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310463 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:46:28 +0000 Opinions and Polls Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310463 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310453 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:22:55 +0000
Do you take the stuff you've worked out and written down and try to compact it? You know identify the repeat sections, the looping back (you see this as d.s. al coda or other types of repeats), the overall form? This reduces the volume of what you need to remember.

How about abstracting what you worked out? Do you figure out that it's a certain type of progression (e.g. I-IV-I-V with two bars for each chord) for each of the sections? If it's leads do you remember it as what kind of movement along a scale or other ways to "compress" what you need to remember? Personally, I'm just starting to do this abstracting and it's hard but it will get easier the more I do it and not only help me remember stuff but help my theory knowledge too.

A good source that I've used for this is the book The Practice Revolution. It's a book geared towards music teachers but it has a lot of great ideas for practicing, memorization, etc. that an adult self-learner can use.]]> Opinions and Polls Hyperborea https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310453 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310431 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:36:05 +0000 Opinions and Polls Rahul https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310431 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310427 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:11:21 +0000 Opinions and Polls rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310427 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/song-retention/paged/2/#post-310381 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:33:11 +0000
Ya know, even those just starting out spend most of their time "learning". Sure, teaching is necessary...you absorb a chord/practice a related scale...then take to looking over sheet music and ka-chunking along following the chords over the lyrics.

Lots of that...but then you get to the point YOU'VE just reached and get to the "possibilities of music". THAT's where it's AT!

FEEL what you play...LISTEN to what each chord offers...suit your mood...then chase after it.

Wonderful, liberating instrument...

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