RT Journal Article
T1 The Study of Memorisation in Piano Students in Higher Education in Mexico
A1 Herrera Cedillo, Miriam
A1 Cremades Andreu, Roberto
AB This paper describes how Mexican piano students enrolled in higher education music courses memorise scores, which is necessary to increase their capacity for memorisation and to prepare a repertoire of higher complexity. We also analysed the different types of memory in the musical practice of the students, investigating what they emphasise the most to memorise musical pieces. Interest in this topic arose because it was observed that piano syllabi in the different participating institutions do not include a specific memorisation development process for piano repertoire; however, piano students are required to present a memorised repertoire at the end of each semester. We distributed a questionnaire to 545 students from 18 Higher Artistic Education institutions with a degree in music, with piano as the main instrument, in 13 states of Mexico. The results indicate that the development of analytical memory through musical analysis is fundamental and essential while learning memorisation skills to achieve a better understanding of the score and its piano performance. We also found that there are significant differences between the variables of age range and gender.
PB European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music
SN 1029-8649
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88817
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88817
LA eng
NO Herrera, M., & Cremades, R. (2020). The Study of Memorisation in Piano Students in Higher Education in Mexico. Musicae Scientiae, 24(3), 330-341. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864918805312
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 jun 2025