Practicing Perfection 344 VOL. 13, NO. 4, JULY 2002 Analysis To determine whether the performance dimensions and formal structure affected practice and recall, we used regression analyses to relate the number of features reported for each bar to how much the bar was practiced, how readily it was played from memory, and how accurately Roger Chaffin, Gabriela Imreh Mary Crawford, Practicing Perfection: Memory and Piano Performance. New York: Laurence Erlbaum Associates, 2002. ISBN 0-80-582610-6 (hardcover) 0.00. How do concert pianists commit to memory the structure of a piece of music like Bach’s Italian Concerto. Chaffin, Imreh and Crawford (2002a) provide the most comprehensive statement of Chaffin s research programme with Imreh in their book Practicing Perfection: Piano Performance As Expert Memory. He has reported this research in journals such as Psychological Science, Music Perception, and Music Psychology and in, Practicing perfection: Memory and piano performance (2002), written in collaboration with pianist Gabriela Imreh and social psychologist Mary Crawford. The book describes how their friendship led to the first longitudinal. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Practicing Perfection: Memory and Piano Performance (Expertise, Research and Applications.) at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Practicing perfection memory and piano performance expertise research and applications series. Critical review of Chaffin, Imreh, and Crawford, Practicing Perfection: memory and piano performance. Article (PDF Available) · July 2008 with 331 Reads How we measure reads. The memory feats of famous musicians seem almost superhuman. Can such extraordinary accomplishments be explained by the same principles that account for more ordinary, everyday memory abilities? To find out, a concert pianist videotaped her practice as she learned a new piece for performance Editions for Practicing Perfection: Memory and Piano Performance: 0805826106 (Hardcover published in 2002), (Kindle Edition published in 2005), 113568546. Written for both psychologists and musicians, the book “Practicing Perfection: Memory and Piano Performance” by Roger Chaffin, Gabriela Imreh and Mary Crawford, (Psychology Press, 2002) provides the first detailed description of how an experienced pianist organises her practice, identifying stages of the learning process, characteristics.