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Memorizing study songs

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Sun, 07/17/2022 - 10:13
Eric Pillemer
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Hi David

I am working on the Level 2 study song Temperature right now and I seem to be doing quite well so far. My concern is that when I use the sheet music I can get the song almost 100% correct, but when I try it from memory I make a number of mistakes. Even if I can play Temperature fine with the the music sheets, should I delay submitting my Level 2 LOA recording until I can do it from memory? 

Thanks

Eric

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Sun, 07/17/2022 - 12:39
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David Barrett
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Hello Eric. Go for it...

Hello Eric. Go for it... record it while reading along with the sheet music. On my end, it doesn't matter. For performance, you'll want to of course continue playing the song once a day to get it memorized.

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