I'm new to learning Japanese music in general - specifically the literature
of the shakuhachi. I'm in my 7th month of studying shakuhachi and I've
been trying to memorize Kurokami - have been playing it (repeating sections
and playing it straight through) at least twice each morning and evening
for about a month. Sometimes I get about a third of the way into the piece
and suddenly come to the realization that I'm playing a phrase from another
section later on in the piece. I find myself repeatedly glancing at the
music primarily to get a quick visual orientation so that I don't get lost
and I'm wondering if I'll ever be able to play it all the way through
without this confusion. Does anyone have any tips for memorizing pieces
that contain phrases that are similar enough that you tend to substitute
one phrase for another?
Dan Gutwein
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