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Should we memorize everything in song form?
by ambicapter 2y ago
Should we memorize everything in song form?
- khazhoux 2y agoUnclear. I have not-great memory, but I can hear music in my head very precisely even after decades. Like, the other day I anticipated the exact moment of a guitar stab and when the singer was about to crank it up a notch, in a random song I don't remember hearing since the 80s. But what I'm recalling is the audio, the specific waveform representation. I struggle to remember and recite lyrics, even to my favorite songs, and I'm very slow to memorize new pieces on piano [] So there's some specific memory pathway for audio. Unclear if that would trigger by just, e.g., reading a passage in melody form. Would the audio imprint? [] Experiment: how fast could I learn a piano piece by first listening to one specific recording several times, to let the audio imprint in my memory?
- nutshell89 2y agoI think it's less about memorizing lyrics, tunes, etc and more about associating certain musical pieces with specific memories, feelings, and life events (like a grandmother baking pies in November while she whistles The Beatles, remembering navigating the pain of a breakup through Taylor Swift, or churning through homework with the soundtrack of Daft Punk)