LEOGUN: Let's Be Friends

 Another aspect of honing a craft is the consistent development of a repertoire. Too many times students tell me they have forgotten a piece of music that I know they had memorized at one point. I recommend that students maintain their developing repertoires by constantly revisiting the pieces. Instead of being done with them and moving on to the next tune, I encourage them to cultivate the concept that a tune is never really done and that the joy of learning a piece is the ability to maintain it by further exploration. Coloring the notes and transitions by using the many dynamics available, along with tapping into the human emotion, will expand the tune and allow for better memorization.