tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2607754794278391800..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-66928107315268690082014-08-16T08:28:58.796-05:002014-08-16T08:28:58.796-05:00That's a very interesting section! Some of the...That's a very interesting section! Some of the most accurate commentary I have read on music memory. The idea of mental maps is a good one. Yes, one of the biggest problems talking about how musical memory works is that we have to do it verbally, but musical memory is not verbal! Muscle memory is part of it, but we also have visual memory of the appearance of the score, and of how our fingers and hands move while playing the piece, and of the sound of the piece (melodic, harmonic and rhythmic) and of the form of the piece and probably other things we don't really have names for. Having a piece well-memorized means that you have a fabric of all of these knitted together so if one of them falters, the others can pick up the slack.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-31293388575118471232014-08-15T22:14:50.435-05:002014-08-15T22:14:50.435-05:00The first part of your post on musical memory mirr...The first part of your post on musical memory mirrors something I recently read in a Wikipedia article. See 'Atypical Cases' and then 'Expertise'-<br /><br />http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music-related_memory<br /><br />Nothing shocking here to the musical professional, but I find it interesting that neurologists are beginning to have the ability to observe these things in the brain.Nathan Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123467208814463388noreply@blogger.com