Let’s take for example the nocturnes of Chopin.
My preferred one is nocturne n. 20
He certainly didn’t have studio machine to record their sound AFAIK
How then did he memorize and write down everything to remember later?
Did he start playing the piano, write down the notes, continue playing or did he memorize the whole song by heart without any writing process?
Sorry 4 my bad English btw. Not a English native speaker.
EDIT : thanks everyone for the explanation.
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I write songs in a notebook before I ever record them.
Music notation is just a language and they used that…writing down the music as they go.
The answer is in your question.
How then did he memorize and ***write down everything*** to remember later?
They wrote it down. If you have notes and documentation you refer to those it was the same back then as it is today.
They referred to their notes, which were often organized, and voila they could continue to compose and adjust. When they made an adjustment they’d write it down and make a new note. The good thing about the written word is it preserves thought.
Many of my friends are songwriters. Most are musically literate, and write at intervals as they play. I see a lot of editing, too. Some record as they do this, but not all, and it seems age related.
If they grew up writing notation, they tend to note in short bursts, usually while humming.
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