I had ideas about using melodies in mnemonics.
I also had ideas about how an accent of imagined person can indicate something such as a digit:
Accents are:
| Accent | Digit |
|---|---|
| Scouse (Liverpool) accent | 0 |
| Posh English of London | 1 |
| American Southern state | 2 |
| Nigerian | 3 |
| Italian | 4 |
| Indian | 5 |
| Japanese | 6 |
| Cockney | 7 |
| Scottish (Glaswegian) | 8 |
| French | 9 |
I also thought of how an album selection and then its track selection could be a memory system. E.g. 10 albums each with 10 tracks would represent 100 choices or sequential 'locations'. Replacing lyrics of a song with syllabus notes could be a way to make some notes memorable and reachable via a music index:
| Letter | Person 1 | Person 2 | Person 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Abba | 1950s compilation | 60s compilation |
| B | Beach Boys | Beatles, John Lennon | More Beatles |
| C | Chicago | Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald | Commodores, Lionel Richie |
| D | David Bowie | Deep Purple | Dire Straits |
| E | Elton John | Elvis Presley | Eurythmics |
| F | Fleetwood Mac | Bee Gees | Billy Idol |
| G | Genesis, Phil Collins, P Gabriel | George Harrison, Ringo Starr | Grease soundtrack |
| H | The Hollies (Buddy Holly) | The Dubliners | Duran Duran |
| I | Blondie, Ramones | Eric Clapton, Cream | Bruce Springstein |
| J | Jimi Hendrix | Billy Joel | Bon Jovi |
| K | KC and the Sunshine Band, funk | Kinks | Kenny Rogers |
| L | Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday | Leo Sayer | Lou Reed |
| M | Madness | Madonna | Manic Street Preachers |
| N | Neil Young | Stone Roses, Happy Mondays | Supremes, Three Degrees, Diana Ross |
| O | Oasis | Oliver Soundtrack | Musicals compilation |
| P | Pink Floyd | Police | Prince |
| Q | Queen | Marvin Gaye | Michael Jackson |
| R | R. E. M. | Rolling Stones | More Rolling Stones |
| S | Simon and Garfunkel | Simply Red | Stock Aitken and Waterman (Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue) |
| T | Take That, Robbie Williams | Talking Heads | 2000s Compilation (eg. Katy Perry) |
| U | U2 | Red Hot Chilli Peppers | Terence Trent Darby |
| V | The Who | The Proclaimers | The Temptations |
| W | Wham | Whitney Houston | Wings |
| X | Xmas play list | Robbie Robertson, The Band | Rod Stewart |
| Y | Yes, John Anderson | More Kinks | Tom Petty |
| Z | Led Zeppelin | Tina Turner | Tom Jones |
| spare | Blur | Bob Dylan | Bob Marley |
| Bond songs | Chicago | Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald | |
| Commodores, Lionel Richie | 70s compilation | 80s compilation | |
| 90s compilation | 2010s compilation | 2020s compilation |
I chose the artists and bands, above, because I have heard many of their songs before and could pick 60 bands/artists and take 10 songs from their discography.
On that theme of replacing lyrics with revision notes.
Here are some nursery rhymes, etc. which can be used for memorising revision notes; I like the idea that the tunes are simple:
| No | Song Title | Artist/Ref | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet Song | Charles Bradlee | |
| 2 | Alice the Camel | Dem Bones | |
| 3 | Alouette | ||
| 4 | Animal Fair | Hickory Dickory Dock | |
| 5 | The Ants Go Marching | The Animals Came in Two by Two | |
| 6 | A-tisket-a-tasket | a pocket full of posies | |
| 7 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | ||
| 8 | Bear in Tennis Shoes | You are my sunshine | |
| 9 | The Bear Went Over the Mountain | For he's a jolly good fellow | |
| 10 | Be Kind to your Web-Footed Friends | Here we go / fair music | |
| 11 | Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy) | ||
| 12 | Big Rock Candy Mountain | ||
| 13 | Billy Boy | ||
| 14 | Blow the Man Down | ||
| 15 | Brahm's Lullaby | ||
| 16 | Buffalo Gals Won't you Come out Tonight | ||
| 17 | Clementine | ||
| 18 | Do Your Ears Hang Low? | ||
| 19 | The Farmer in the Dell | A Hunting We Will Go | |
| 20 | Frere Jacques | ||
| 21 | Frog Went a Courtin | ||
| 22 | He's Got the Whole World in his Hands | ||
| 23 | If You're Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands | ||
| 24 | Head Shoulder Knees and Toes | ||
| 25 | Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush | ||
| 26 | Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry | ||
| 27 | I Love You You Love Me | This Old Man | |
| 28 | I'm a Little Teapot | ||
| 29 | Itsy Bitsy Spider | ||
| 30 | I've Been Working on the Railroad | ||
| 31 | London Bridge | ||
| 32 | Mary had a Little Lamb | ||
| 33 | Michael Finnegan | ||
| 34 | The More We Get Together | ||
| 35 | Oh Suzanna | ||
| 36 | Oh Where oh Where has my Little Dog Gone | ||
| 37 | Old MacDonald had a Farm | ||
| 38 | On Top of Old Smokey | ||
| 39 | Polly Put the Kettle On | ||
| 40 | Polly Wolly Doodle | ||
| 41 | Pop Goes the Weasel | ||
| 42 | Ring Around the Rosies | ||
| 43 | Rock-A-Bye Baby | ||
| 44 | Row Row Row Your Boat | ||
| 45 | Shell be Coming Round the Mountain | ||
| 46 | Shortnin' Bread | ||
| 47 | Sing a Rainbow | ||
| 48 | Sing a Song of Sixpence | ||
| 49 | Skip to my Lou | ||
| 50 | Take me out to the Ballgame | ||
| 51 | Waltzing Matilda | ||
| 52 | Yankee Doodle |