Memorizing tips

[Zarin]

for me, i'll normally play the guitar to the song several times till it get stuck in my head. then i'll move on to the next song. then i'll repeat the cycle the next day. do remember ur brain needs rest. so normally after one whole day playing the guitar, the next day u'll tend to get a clearer view and memorize things better. hope it works for u too

 

[Ikiru]

For songs using a whole load of powerchords or some other chords, I'll play though the songs multiple times while viewing the tabs until I've got it memorized, but for Solos (eg Santana), I'll do it by playing 2 bars at a time until I'm comfortable with it before I move on to the next. It's useful to take it slowly.

 

[Zarin]

For songs using a whole load of powerchords or some other chords, I'll play though the songs multiple times while viewing the tabs until I've got it memorized, but for Solos (eg Santana), I'll do it by playing 2 bars at a time until I'm comfortable with it before I move on to the next. It's useful to take it slowly.

yea for solos, memorize it bars by bars. its much more easier that way. slowly but surely.

 

[cold_static544]

a little music theory would help. and knowing the basic ii-V-I, I-IV-V etc progressions would be very useful, a dead give a way is hearing the dominant chord or turn around in chord progressions.

lol true, lotsa such progressions very much recycled.

 

[Impromptu]

but for Solos (eg Santana), I'll do it by playing 2 bars at a time until I'm comfortable with it before I move on to the next. It's useful to take it slowly.

wow..

don't you know that your Santana (and other gigging guitarist) do not memorize their solos?
They play differently on every gig. Maybe only the famous licks that is played the same way (e.g. sweet child o mine intro)

 

[Ikiru]

I know, improvise, right? I've seen and heard. But I'm playing for technique and practice. Don't have the skills to improvise solos well, can only do fill-ins here and there.

 

[kdash]

hmm what i do is to figure out the key of the song, then the chord changes, then from there you can tell the notes/chords that you can play for each bar. eg for song in key of C you know straight away that you can play CDEFGABC notes, and C Dm Em F G Am chords.

in the end you just have to remember what are the chords/chord progression, no scores needed. for specific solos, practise until it's engrained in your brain, and your finger muscles can remember the positions (muscle memory).

hope this helps!