Memory Map for Music
  • Introduction
  • How to begin: a single-line scale exercise
  • Mapping a short, single-line etude
  • Mapping a simple, single-line melody
  • Memory-Map Template
  • Maps for Flute: concerto, orchestral excerpt
  • Map for Piano: Bartok's Hungarian Folk Song
  • Map for Piano: Brahms' Cappriccio
  • Student Map for Piano: Kabalevsky Folk Dance
  • Mapping a Song Text
  • For Further Reading
  • About the Authors
For Further Reading 


 Colgin-Abeln, Melissa.  “The Memory Map.” Flute Talk Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 3. Nov. 2009.

______________.  “The Memory Map: A Practice Strategy for Confident, Memorized  Performance.”   Flute Focus E-journal. www.flutefocus.com/  July 2012.

Doidge, Norman. (M.D.)  The Brain That Changes Itself.  New York:  Penguin Group (USA), 2007. Print.

Galer, Suzanne. “Memorable Mnemonics for Singers.” Journal of Singing, May/Jun 1999, pp. 3-7.

Mishra, Jennifer.  ”A Theoretical Model of Musical Memorization in Psycomusicology”, Vol. 19:  Spring 2005.

Shockley, Rebecca P.  An Experimental Approach to the Memorization of Piano Music with Implications for Music Reading. D.M.A.Thesis, University of Colorado, 1980. (Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International).

_____________. “Mapping: A New Approach to Memorization,” Clavier, July-Aug 1986, pp. 20-23.

_____________. Mapping Music: For Faster Learning and Se­cure Memory: A Guide for Piano Teachers and Students. Madison, WI: A-R Editions, 1997, 2001, 2012. www.areditions.com

_____________. “Mapping Music: Some Simple Strategies to Help Students Learn,” American Music Teacher, Oct-Nov 06, pp. 28-31.

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