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BEST way to memorize standard melodies

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Misplaced phrases.

Starting a phrase late

Being in the moment. Bird quotes: "You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and...

Starting a phrase late

what happens less?

Starting a phrase late

Sometimes I think about chords and pull melodies from them, other times it’s let center noodling. Depends on the song and how I’m feeling. If it’s a song I really know, I’ll try to remember licks...

Starting a phrase late

Yeah, I think when I audiate this happens a lot less even if it is just rhythmic syllables and not actual pitches.

Starting a phrase late

On a good day, my hands are on autopilot and I’m just listening. On the best days not to myself. I think there’s this misconception about how you should hear what you want to play before you play...

Starting a phrase late

Probably is. But not being able to go inside other's heads, what are other people doing in the moment when improvising?

Starting a phrase late

I don't understand My pp wants an ainy And not a male one :smile-new:

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I hate to say it but the problem is probably that whole “thinking of a phrase” thing :nightmare:

Starting a phrase late

I'm the one who originally told pauln he hadn't written a correct haiku when he first posed one. So I know the form of a haiku. Was doing a goofy pauln one.

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It's not recovering, it's called improvising. I play around with starting and ending phrases early or late all the time. My recent favorite sentence (inspired by a James Blood Ulmer line TBH):...

Starting a phrase late

I learn the lyrics and sing the melody while I practice (or try to figure out by ear) the changes. The lyrics are helpful for the phrasing and for the form. Bruce Forman recommends to learn the...

BEST way to memorize standard melodies

I find myself thinking of a phrase I want to play and then have a tendency to come in late. This is especially bad if I was envisioning starting on the beat and I come in off of it or vice versa. ...

Starting a phrase late

What is the best way to memorize melodies and how many keys do you REALLY need to know them in? I'm asking specifically for melody because I'm pretty good with chord progressions. So, I've read...

BEST way to memorize standard melodies

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