Shakuhachi music seems to be unique, it has that detatched
quality of Buddhism. It's not strophic like pop music,
doesen't have melodies that get stuck in one's mind, nor
has text that that the melody hangs upon as western music.
The only way I've found is thru much repitition, and listening
to recordings, and following along with music, and then without,
and following along in one's mind, trying to see the music visually.
hope this helps.
Dale
>From: Dan Gutwein <dfgutw@wm.edu>
>To: shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu
>Subject: memorization
>Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 17:40:12 -0500
>
>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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