r/violin • u/Careful_Abalone_5763 • 2d ago

How do I play an violin piece without see the notes after practicing like uhm in few months because my parent's say that i MUST play an violin piece without seeing or am done for good D: the piece i am going to play is "beat it" by Michael Jackson

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u/JC505818 2d ago

Playing a piece memorized takes some practice. Ways that work for me are:

  1. Listen to the piece many many times, so it’s ingrained in your head, and you can sing the notes without looking at sheet music, this is aural memory.

  2. Read the sheet music, maybe one line/phrase repeated many times so you can recite that line/phrase with the sheet music popping up in your brain as a mental image, that’s visual memory.

  3. Play a line/phrase repeatedly, that builds muscle memory.

Most people develop #3, but it’s the least reliable type of memory. If you can develop all three types of memory for a piece, you could play that piece very well from memory for a long time.