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The problem with spaced repetition is that sometimes the gap never gets bigger than a couple of days. I try to remember piano pieces by heart, but I basically h
by navane 4y ago
The problem with spaced repetition is that sometimes the gap never gets bigger than a couple of days. I try to remember piano pieces by heart, but I basically have to play them every couple of days FOREVER or I'll forget them. If the gap never increases, or increases too slow, you're not really "remembering" it with spaced repitition, as much as you are just playing them every week.
- gofreddygo 4y agoThink of SRS software as an entry point into spaced repetition and not something you can completely offload the repetition scheduling to (which is the common perception), something to just get a feel of the movement. Once there prepare to detach completely from any software, so much so that all you should need now is a piece of paper stuck on the wall with symbols to help you repeat things. The final stage would then be to detach from anything but your mind (which incidentally is the whole point of this exercise) Attach first, then detach.
- gnulinux 4y agoYou're telling me you're gonna play the same piece every other day for years, decades, and then you won't be able to play it again in 3 days? That seems very hard to believe, and it sounds more like you're not confident in your brain's ability to grow muscle memory.
- ramtatatam 4y agoYour experience with piano notes is interesting, I used to play the guitar 20-ish years ago, and what I find interesting is that even after 20 years of not playing my fingers still can play some compositions even though I don't remember notes anymore. Of course during my time with guitar I would spend hours practicing and at some point I would practice compositions every single day, maybe this is the main reason why I still remember how to play those compositions.