Write your notes right on your music, not just in a separate notebook or in your memory. Even with a good memory, don't spend it trying to remember what you're working on — a fresh printed or photocopied page you can mark up is worth more than a mental list.
Vague marks like a plain circle don't help you later — build yourself a simple, consistent shorthand. I use a caret for dot-cut, a line over a note to hold it, an arrow to mark a beat, an X for crossing noise, and a circle with a letter for a wrong note or gracenote.
Marking the same spot several times in different colors over weeks tells you exactly where you're stuck. If I see a passage circled again and again across my lesson notes, that's my signal to slow down and give that spot real focused attention.
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Learn tunes faster with this easy and quick method of taking notes on your tunes
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00:06notes right your on should music you Why write🔒
01:39no and explanation vague a circle The with problem🔒
02:21the caret note a holding The and and dot-cut line:🔒
03:55note beat on arrow a mark the to an grace Using🔒
04:46an X crossing noise Marking with🔒
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08:34Tempo or control shorthand: it going, keep🔒
09:24notes Marking eighth uneven jigs in🔒
10:05line and rough for squiggly fingering sections the False🔒
11:31progress and working watching Dating your your copy🔒
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