Does the “Memory Palace” Strategy Really Work? And Is It Something Musicians Could Use?

04/04/2021 9 min
Does the “Memory Palace” Strategy Really Work? And Is It Something Musicians Could Use?

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The "memory palace" or method of loci technique, is a strategy often used by memory champions to achieve some pretty impressive feats of memory. Like being able to memorize the order of a deck of cards in less than a minute, for instance. Typically though, memory athletes are asked to recall the information relatively soon after encoding the information into memory. So...does this strategy work for more long-term memory too? And could it be used for music too? Does the “Memory Palace” Strategy Really Work? And Is It Something Musicians Could Use?More from The Bulletproof Musician Get the free weekly newsletter, for more nerdy details and bonus subscriber-only content. Pressure Proof: A free 7-day performance practice crash course that will help you shrink the gap between the practice room and the stage. Learning Lab: A continuing education community where musicians and learners are putting research into practice. Live and self-paced courses