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Memorization is an essential skill for all pipers. Unlike musicians in other traditions, pipers nearly always play their tunes from memory. In performance or competition, it's essential that your tunes are memorized well enough so you won't lost your place in the tune AND so that you feel confident in your ability to play the tunes correctly from memory. In my experience, most pipers tend to focus memorizing their music quickly, rather than memorizing it well. In today's post, I'll describe a method I've developed for memorizing tunes, especially Piobaireachd. I previously discussed this memorization method in this post: How I memorized a Piobaireachd in five minutes and still had it memorized two weeks later. I'm calling my method The Chisholm Method. It's a mnemonic device which uses our brain's inherent ability to memorize people and places much better than abstract information like numbers or notes. The Chisholm Method is an adaptation of the PAO ...