Method of Loci- from Memory Technique to Creative Framework - Preliminary Research Report

This research aims to explore how the memory technique of Method of Loci (originally from classical rhetoric) could be applied to music, especially within the context of improvisation. Historical applications of the method of Loci and relation to ideas from modern psychology are examined. Specific mental processes which could be used both for memorising and composing are highlighted, and explored in a first case study based on the poem, 'Jabberwocky' (Lewis Carroll). keywords: loci, classical rhetoric, memory, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky