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This article is from the Piano Playing from Memory FAQ, by Isako Hoshino rmmpfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by others.

4.2) Some practical steps (Piano Playing from Memory)

Here are some measures one can take against stress:

* Continue practicing pieces you have already memorized and
believe you know well, so as to produce what psychologists
call "overlearning".

* Prepare for the possibility of forgetting, by learning
numerous re-start points within a piece and having someone
interrupt you at random so you can practice recovery.

* Play often before different groups of people.

* Practice in the presence of distractions or people who
make you nervous.

* Before a performance, practice in the place where the
performance will occur, using the same piano.

If forgetting turns out to be due not to inadequate memorizing but
rather to performance anxiety, then it is the latter that needs to
be addressed. That is a different topic.

 

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