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
Map for Piano 
Basic Map (early level): Bartok, Hungarian Folk Song
In this piece, both hands stay in F major 5-finger position. In the map, the RH melody is represented by contour lines and a few finger numbers (plus dashes for rests), and the LH ostinato  in lines 2-5 is based on an F major triad with moving middle notes (G-A-Bb-A), represented by finger numbers (4-3-2-3). Letters (A1, A2, etc.) are used to label the main thematic sections.
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