Cue Cards: Singin’ in the Rain

Posted by on April 17th 2021 @ 10:20 pm

In my most recent article on memorization, I mentioned creating cue cards that contain the most minimal information you need to get through a song or review it … basically a list of chords with lyric ‘cues’ underneath in key places. Here is my 3×5 cue card for Singin’ in the Rain:

I knew this song fairly well already, so the lyric cues are extremely minimal. No one is going to learn a song from such a minimal set of chords/lyrics, however, copying the song out from the sheet music by hand is a great way to firm up the structure/patterns in your brain. By the time you’ve done that, you should be a lot farther along in your memorization.

And … if you don’t care about being completely memorized, a cue card is a great way to minimize what’s between you and you’re audience:

  • Rig some way to clip the card to your mic stand.
  • Make a cards on a full size sheets of paper and tape them to the floor to glance at in performance.
  • Put the cards on your phone or tablet and use a mic stand clamp designed for your device.

Anyway, I’ll be posting some more of my cue cards as I make them. I have a lot of songs to memorize this Summer for performances coming up in the Fall.

See also: Singin’ in the Rain Ukulele Sing-along

Enjoy!

Ryan's favorite starter ukulele: The Enya Nova U Concert Ukulele 23” on Amazon sounds great, is easy to play, in tune and nearly indestructable. "I left it in the car through the heat of summer to see what would happen, and it still plays beautifully."

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