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It’s on the Tip of My Fingers: Techniques for Memorization
Texas Music Teachers Association Convention 2005
Dr. Dawn Harmon McCord, Presenter
Music Music Everywhere . . .
. . . But not a sound to hear.
Multimodal Musical Experiences Auditory Visual Cognitive Affective Motor Memory
Donald Hodges: Neurological Research and Music Education, 1996
Effective Teaching Strategies…
…actively involve the student in the learning experience.
This is the first step towards facilitating memorization.
Basic information is easy to talk about! You can tell that the:
melody is mostly conjunct and diatonic form is ABA harmony is in a minor modality rhythm is compound duple
Could you help them discover this information in ways other than lecture? If so, they will own the parameters of the repertoire.
Where to start with active learning and listening?
Have student: Focus their attention to some specific detail in
the music Listen for that detail as they play Respond to the discoveries that surface
There are many resources available to the teacher that will help the student focus on specific parameters necessary for memorization.
Learning and Memorization Activities Guidance
Schumann “Papillons” from Carnaval, Op. 9
Is this piece: Fast or slow? Quiet or loud? Like a butterfly or an elephant?
Guidance creates active listening which empowers the learner to access great hooks for memorization.
Learning and Memorization Activities Modeling Mini-teaching Moments Questioning
Learning and Memorization Activities Storytelling Visitation Rights American Idol
Learning and Memorization Activities Listening Maps
A listening map is a visual image that highlights important stylistic parameters in a given composition. Examples of these images can include:
Pictures Graphics Shapes Short musical themes or motifs
Source for ideas is Rebecca Payne Shockley’s Mapping Music: For Faster Learning and Secure Memory
Learning and Memorization Activities
Call Charts Visuals
A A AA CB B
Robert Schumann: Frightening from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15
Listening Map Example
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A Minor, K. 149; Longo 93
Now it’s your turn
Select a piece to map On your blank paper provided,
create a map for your selection. Let the following guide your choices for visualization:
FormMelodyHarmonyExpression
RhythmTextureStyleSky’s the limit
Mapping Repertoire
W. T. Skye Garcia: Cat Walk
Susan Ogilvy: Toccatina
Martha Mier: Morning Dew
Now it’s your turn
Set your imagination free. Create a map for your selection.
The following guide provides some of the ideas for mapping:
FormMelodyHarmonyExpression
RhythmTextureStyleSky’s the limit
Coda and Overture Set ‘em up Let the learning begin Let the listening begin Begin appropriate and multimodal activities Memorize at all levels and modes of learning Where there are insecurities, expand the
activities Learning activities will put it on the tip of
your fingers!
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