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Originally Posted by haertig
My biggest fear is ME locking up in the middle of a performance, when playing from memory!
Actually, you do play much better from memory than when using printed music. But memorization is more difficult for some of us than for others.
Another question: Why is it that the soloist in a concerto with the symphony has to play from memory, when everybody ELSE in the orchestra has music in front of them?! It's just not fair I tell you, not fair!
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I've never understood why solo performers are supposed to play from memory. I've known otherwise excellent musicians who just don't happen to have a good memory. I would much prefer to watch & listen to a confident performance using the music than a performance with memory glitches and restarts.