{"id":125436,"date":"2025-06-22T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=125436"},"modified":"2025-06-22T02:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T02:08:00","slug":"how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Memorise Guitar Songs + Why You Should &#8211; 27th July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 30px;color: #091acc;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >How To Memorise Guitar Songs + Why You Should - 27th July 2023<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-2778645\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sO3RBboVLh8?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>1:20 &#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> The Benefits of Memorizing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>04:15 &#8211;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> If you were put on the spot, can you play a song without any sheet music?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>08:00 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Empower you to memorize at least 1 song<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>08:29 &#8211; <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;If you haven&#8217;t memorized a song, then you can&#8217;t play a song&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:30 &#8211; Benefits of memorizing songs: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Improved Technique<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11: 13 &#8211; Benefits of memorizing songs: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Better Tone<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:32 &#8211; Benefits of memorizing songs: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">You&#8217;ll be surprised at the FREEDOM it gives you<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:27 &#8211; Benefits of memorizing songs: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Performance Opportunities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Memorize!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:45: It takes effort and elbow grease: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Choose the right songs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will not put an effort to songs you do not care about<br \/>\n&#8211; Choose songs that motivate you and inspire you<br \/>\n&#8211; If you already know the difference between songs that motivate vs de-motivate you, then you&#8217;ve already won half the battle.<br \/>\n&#8211; Create an &#8220;A&#8221; list of songs and &#8220;B&#8221; list of songs. Put the songs that make you feel good, emotionally connected to the music, and motived under &#8220;A&#8221; list. Put in the &#8220;B&#8221; list the songs that offer you challenges, or new songs that you&#8217;ve heard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>19:04 &#8211; Repetition is not enough: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Turn the music sheet over<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>20:21 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Break the song into smaller chunks\/ smaller parts and repeat them in a loop<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>23:35 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Chaining<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Focus on the last 2 beats of barre 1 and the first 2 beats of barre 2 of the music sheet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>31:55 &#8211; Experiment on this: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Try memorizing the last 4 barres of the song first<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>32:35 &#8211; Tool for Memorization : <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Guitar Pro<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>33:44 &#8211; Practice Sessions: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Building neuro pathways by practicing in shorter bursts of 10 &#8211; 15 minutes.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>37:05 &#8211; How to memorize songs for long- term memory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The choice of the song is essential<br \/>\n&#8211; Repetition from memory is essential for it go into your bones\/body for long term memory<br \/>\n&#8211; Create a &#8220;C&#8221; list of songs: The songs that you love, you&#8217;ve memorized, but you don&#8217;t wanna lose by keep playing them from memory regularly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>42:05 &#8211; Homework: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Have 1 song memorized In 2 weeks time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How To Memorise Guitar Songs + Why You Should - 27th July 2023 1:20 - The Benefits of Memorizing &nbsp; [...]","protected":false},"author":50009,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125436","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Memorise Guitar Songs + Why You Should - 27th July 2023 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Memorise Guitar Songs + Why You Should - 27th July 2023 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/\",\"name\":\"How To Memorise Guitar Songs + Why You Should - 27th July 2023 - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-22T02:08:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/how-to-memorise-guitar-songs-why-you-should-27th-july-2023\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Memorise Guitar Songs + Why You Should &#8211; 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