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What's the memory palace technique?

The Memory Palace technique is a memorization strategy, based on visualizations of familiar spatial environments to recall information. “Loci” is the Latin term which means “places” or “locations”. The technique involves envisioning a location or physical space that you are extremely familiar with.

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MEMORY PALACE/METHOD OF LOCI: Memorization Technique

There are several memorization techniques, but the Loci technique, also known as the Memory Palace has proven to be one of the most successful methods. The Memory Palace technique is a memorization strategy, based on visualizations of familiar spatial environments to recall information. “Loci” is the Latin term which means “places” or “locations”. The technique involves envisioning a location or physical space that you are extremely familiar with. In this location you attach the terms and information you are memorizing to various locations/spots within that place. As you use memories based on space that is familiar to you, your brain which has already remembered the specific space, enables the terms and facts you associate with the space to be easily recalled.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

STEP 1: IDENTIFY YOUR MEMORY PALACE

Write down a few different places which will become your memory palaces, so you have a collection for different information groups or courses. Think of places that you know so well you can walk/move with closed eyes through these spaces, and by following the same route or path, name exactly what you see.

Draw a floor plan for each place.

Create a linear journey that does not have a dead end.

STEP 2: LIST DISTINCTIVE OBJECTS/FEATURES/STATIONS/POINTS

In the order of your linear journey, number specific locations meaning points/objects/stations/furniture to help you remember the journey as you plan out your memory palace. Make sure the direction and order of the journey and numbered items are in chronological and logical order, for example the path you would normally take from your front door to your bed. Pay attention to the features along your walk. Mark each location in your palace (feature/point/station) with a number on your floor plan.

STEP 3: ASSOCIATE MEMORY SLOTS WITH INFORMATION

Depending on what the information is that you are memorizing or the volume you are memorizing, you may decide to think about dividing your memory slots into micro and macro areas (micro subdivisions of the macro) Associate each term or bit of information that you need to memorize with each memory slot. Find something in the information and that memory slot that creates a connection, whether visually, or a sensory memory, chronologically, or any other way that speaks to you.

STEP 4: TAKE A MEMORY WALK THROUGH YOUR PALACE

Start from the same entry point and follow the same route, the memorized items will appear in your mind as you look at the memory spots that you selected. Pay attention to these features and replay the scenes. By moving through these spaces, or palaces in your mind, you will be able to remember the information that you have associated with the different memory spots along the route. For more information on Memory Palaces and some examples of how the method works, check out these videos!

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What is the rhyme to remember music notes?

A mnemonic for notes in spaces is FACE. You can even use your hand as a mnemonic: fingers are lines. For the bass or F clef, for notes on lines: GBDFA - Grizzly Bears Don't Fear Anything, or Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart, and for notes in spaces between the lines, All Cows Eat Grass.

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In written music, every line and space represents a note on the staff. The notes on the piano are named using the first seven letters of the alphabet (A through G). You must memorize each letter name to the assigned spot on the staff. However, remember that the bass clef and treble clef have lines and spaces that correspond to different note letters. Learning to memorize each note will take some time, so you can use a mnemonic to help you. Mnemonics are words or phrases made from the letter names of the lines and spaces, to help you remember. For the treble or G clef, notes on lines starting at the bottom and moving to top are: (E, G, B, D, F) Mnemonics are Every Good Boy Deserves Football, or Every Girl Buys Designer Fashions, or Elephants Get Big Dirty Feet. A mnemonic for notes in spaces is FACE. You can even use your hand as a mnemonic: fingers are lines. For the bass or F clef, for notes on lines: GBDFA - Grizzly Bears Don't Fear Anything, or Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart, and for notes in spaces between the lines, All Cows Eat Grass. Learn to read bass clef at the same time as treble clef, and try to learn notes without needing to calculate spaces and lines or think about mnemonics. That's simply too slow. Practice is the key. Keep practicing, and you'll learn the notes!

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