Learning notes and performing a piece by heart is never an end in itself. Most often, this way of performing is achieved involuntarily due to multiple and accurate repetition of the piece. The piano and its kind of piano, when learning notes, require the musician to use a whole range of types of memory.
Instructions
Step 1
Analyze a piece just by looking at it. With a pencil, mark the division into parts, sections, phrases. At first, small divisions will not be obvious to you, but as you develop, you will understand all the details, based on one note text.
When analyzing, be guided not only by the notes themselves. Pay attention to the tempo and meter markings (they often change at the beginning of a new section), find the climax of phrases and parts.
Step 2
Deconstruct the piece separately with each hand. And you don't have to play each hand from start to finish, from page 1 to page 20. Play only one section.
Repeat each several times before moving on to the next. As you repeat it, visual, auditory, and motor memory will tell you how and where to lead the melody (and the hand itself) in the next moment.
When performing, take into account all the notes indicated by the composer: melismas, crescendos, climax, fingering, etc. The sooner you incorporate these details into your performance, the easier it will be to learn the notes.
Step 3
Use the same parts to connect the parts of the left and right hands. At this stage, coordination also comes into force - the ability to act asynchronously. If at some point you cannot combine your hands due to lack of coordination, repeat the game of the “naughty” hand several times (of course, not all of it, but only in an unfavorable place). Finally, play it a few times with your eyes closed or looking up at the ceiling. Then put your hands together.
Step 4
The easiest way to memorize musical material is mechanical. It is good because, when performing, the musician does not have to think about which note to play in the next measure - the fingers themselves remember their movements. At the same time, if you accidentally falter, you will not remember how to play further - the auditory memory will not tell you at what interval from the previous note the next one is, and the visual memory will not indicate its name. In addition, mechanical performance is often devoid of emotional connotation.
Step 5
For this reason, educators often recommend reading notes with their eyes without playing them. Just imagine hand positions, fingering, dynamics and development of the piece. When playing, try to look not at the notes themselves, but at their display in memory. This way you will be less distracted from the keyboard and will learn the piece faster.
