Memorizing Melodic Sequences ==

Another neglected area is a method for memorizing unfamiliar sequences of notes. For example, a long guitar solo that a student is trying to transcribe. Interval training is fine but the ability to internalize and recognize a series of tones as "music" is just as important. As one of the posters noted above, internalizing music through listening and ear training is neglected in most acedemic programs. What most teachers call natural talent might be easily learned if these principles where taught.

 Avoid Song Removal 

Anyone who feels the need to edit the page by removing a song from the list because it is not 'popular' enough, please consider that the value of the list is how well known it is to the student, not how popular it is overall, and what is not well known to you may be rather familiar to someone else.

If you still feel the need, please document the removal in the discussion pages.  That way, if someone legitimately disagrees with your decision, at least it's easier to find the deleted entry than in the history pages, and the reasoning behind the removal. 

  

I'd recommend, rather than feeling the need to remove a song, if there's nothing you recognize, find a song you think people would know that features the same interval. The songs you know will probably be different from those I know.   

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