I think this topic was re-animated by a title edit, but it’s been on my mind too, because of this topic… Learning songs - what's working for me (beginner grade 3)
I just started with this yesterday, but I really like the approach so far.
Nichole, for your second case, I think you have to memorize all the following to have “learned” the song.
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Song Sections - Verse, Verse, Chorus, Verse, etc
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Chord progressions for each section
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Singing
- Lyrics
- Melody - especially first note of each phrase
- Phrasing
In the context of the linked article, I use these criteria to move a song from “Learning” to “Improving”
For Justin’s course modules, I think the first two are probably sufficient.