goods ways to remember riffs aside from recording them

[SCUNT]

what does everyone do to help them remember riffs? ya ya guitar pro, but aside from that and recording them, what do you do to help you not forget? I'll sit and play guitar and improv riffs on the spot and write song passages and stuff but as I said a good amount of the time I just improv. I'll remember a riff here and there but most of the time I after I stop playing I can't remember half of the shit I'd just jammed out. The computer I'm currently stuck with sucks and I'm not even sure if I could run gp on it, and I don't have the cash to buy a recording device. Maybe I just have terrible terrible memory ::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[jawn galliano]

rote rehearsal, mostly. if it's something i really get into, i sit down for a while and drill that shit until it's second nature.

[neckred]

I just have a freakish memory when it comes to riffs and licks, that's my secret



I think a lot of it has to do with how when I want to learn another band's song, I go the "by ear" route

[zim]

[quote name="neckred"]I just have a freakish memory when it comes to riffs and licks, that's my secret[/quote]



somewhat this, i usually remember things that stand out to me when i'm jamming



but the absolute best way to remember is to record. buy a tape recorder or a little digital recorder, they cost anywhere from 20-50 bucks and will do the job.



a cheap desktop mic and windows sound recorder get the job done too

[neckred]

my cellery phone has a sound recording app that I use frequently

[deckard]

i usually play things over and over if i like what ive written and remember them like that.



usually you might forget the details by the next day but then you can evolve it again and again.



plus if you cant remember riffs then they arent good enough anyway.

[shadowalk]

I'm the type that randomly hums a long a lyric line or a riff from a song during my everyday routine. Been like this since I was a kid and now that I play guitar, said habit actually helps.

[Abzu]

[quote name="neckred"]my cellery phone has a sound recording app that I use frequently [/quote]











Yeah, mine does too. It's how I remember anything ever.

[M.Bison]

If anybody ever steals my phone they will think I'm a right freak; there is fucking tons of recordings of me humming and tapping fingers on desk... either that or a very rich thief

[Hugo.]

[quote name="M.Bison"]If anybody ever steals my phone they will think I'm a right freak; there is fucking tons of recordings of me humming and tapping fingers on desk... either that or a very rich thief [/quote]



Haha, ive thought this many times about my own previous phones.

[Hallucinating dead]

your computer cant even run older version of guitar pro or may be audacity

[M.Bison]

[quote name="Demon seed"]your computer cant even run older version of guitar pro or may be audacity [/quote]

*in shower humming tune*

*run downstairs*

*wait 5 years for windows*

*forget tune*

[Hallucinating dead]

[quote name="M.Bison"]
[quote name="Demon seed"]your computer cant even run older version of guitar pro or may be audacity [/quote]

*in shower humming tune*

*run downstairs*

*wait 5 years for windows*

*forget tune*[/quote]





that is why i never think about new tunes in shower, nor while shitting