My First Musical Mnemonic
I was reflecting on my post from last week about how to remember stuff when you are learning a musical instrument when I suddenly remembered one of the oldest mnemonics I have encountered. I can recall as a 6 year old having piano lessons in this old house that seemed millions of miles away from…
Memory Techniques For Playing Any Instrument
I have been thinking about my last post about memory techniques for playing the piano and wondered if you have any suggestions for helping someone play not only the piano, but any musical instrument. Some of the advice I have either been given or read about includes things like learning a new piece backwards. Now…
Memory Techniques for Playing the Piano
I get lots of questions from people all around the world about all aspects of memory and today I had this question from someone who has been reading my book on Memory Improvement Techniques “Memory Power Up“. Here is what they had to say: I have been studying your book Memory Power-up in effort to help…
Mnemonics Work for Aikido Too
I have been interested in the Martial Arts for as long as I can remember. When I was at university, I practiced Karate and then when work forced me to moved away from my Dojo in Plymouth I took up Tai Chi (which I still practice to this day). Then after being in the martial arts wilderness…
Mnemonics – One for the Great Philosophers
I don’t know about you but I am not really an expert on philosophy. Much of it is above my head and whilst I like a good old ponder on the wonders of the world we live in and the people who inhabit this planet, I really don’t understand it. Now that does not mean…
Mnemonics, Mnemosyne and How to Memorize
Let me take you back in time just a few wee centuries and share with you what very little I know about Greek Mythology. Zeus was king of the Gods at that time (must have had a good election campaign that year) and he had a little intern called Mnemosyne. Now Mnemosyne is the personification of memory…
Mnemonics For Medical Students – Anatomy In Particular
I get e mails constantly from people who have successfully used different ways to help them remember all sorts of information. Of course many of the e mails are from students who are struggling to remember all sorts of weird and wonderful things. It is always a delight when I hear from a student who…
Mnemonics – How To Remember The Essentials of Copywriting
I am always looking for examples of how people use mnemonics and I have found a really good one from the internet marketing fraternity. A mnemonic is an “artificial way” of remembering something. When you remember something just because you remember it you are relying on natural memory and recall. When you need to do…