How can I memorise piano music faster?

Ugh I HATE when that happens; I know what you're feeling. The trick is to practice the pieces SLOWLY and really get what notes you're playing. My piano teacher says that for one piece you actually have to play it slower MORE OFTEN during the week than playing it normally. Play it half speed, then 3/4, then normal, and repeat. oh, and also, when you're performing the piece in front of others, don't focus on the notes; that's probably one of the reasons why you mess up. Just think about the stylistic nuances and colors of the piece instead of technique, and the fingers will do their thing naturally.

There's two ways:

1) Muscle memory. Just play the piece over and over until your fingers can do it without too much thinking. Most people memorize a piece this way.

2) Learning the chord progressions. This also includes muscle memory as you must be able to play the chords quickly. Professional musicians learn music this way. You can learn a piece quickly but you may not play the music exactly way it was written since you're playing/improvising chords.

You have to kind of "memorize" the piece with your fingers. In other words, you want to be able to play the piece without really concentrating on it too much. When I memorized pieces for recitals, I would generally shut my mind off and my fingers and subconscious would do all the work. To memorize it in this way, you will have to practice the same piece a lot. After a while you will be able to sort of play it without the sheets. At this point you should start working more on memorizing it and playing it without the printed music. The downside of this though is that you will often forget and mess up on the dynamics.

U can also try keepin the recordings on n on when ur not at ur piano.

play each bar over and over again, and then play the whole line, then the next bar then the whole and so on so forth until you finish the page, then try that whole page, the do the next page so on so forth until you have finished the whole piece, then play the whole thing :D GOODLUCK!!