A qualitative analysis of strategies employed in efficient and inefficient memorization

• Autores: Jennifer Mishra
• Localización: Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, ISSN 0010-9894, Nº 152, 2002, págs. 74-86
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a strategic difference in memorization between musicians who memorized quickly and those requiring more time. After memorizing a 36 measure exercise, eight university instrumentalists were chosen for an in depth analysis ofthe memorization process. Subjects were chosen based on speed of memorization with four representing the fastest memorizers (8.66to 17 minutes) and four slower memorizers (66.83 to 100 minutes). A qualitative analysis of the practice was performed using a graphic analysis of the practice session, frequency distributions of starts, stops, pauses, and errors, transcriptions of a interviews, and markings in the notation. Four strategies emerged from the dato: Segmental, Holistic, Additive, and Serial (which is characterized by a return to the beginning following an error or memory lapse). Thefaster memorizers tended to favor the Holistic or Additive strategies and the slower memorizers favored the Segmental and Serial strategies.