Re: memorizing

You have little choice but to follow the teacher's system.  Generally,
memorization and a teacher's system are so intimately intertwined that you
can't change the memorization amount without upsetting the teacher's system.
The good news is that you should stop worrying about that and leave it to the
teacher.  The bad news is that better teachers generally teach much more
memorization, simply because memorization is useful, and good teachers know how
to teach it.
C. C. Chang;        more on piano practice at

http://members.aol.com/chang8828/contents.htm