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Seven years ago, when I was sixty four, I decided that I would memorize a couple songs so that if someone asked me to play something I could. I know a lot of old codgers like me who say they are too old to memorize a song. I did, and in the process I got into memorizing songs. Those first were hard to memorized and it took me weeks. Seven years later I can memorize a song in an hour, maybe take a couple more at it until I get it nailed well enough to play it through with someone listening.

I think it has a lot to do with memorizing is just another technique that you learn. I think it doesn't really matter how old you are, whether it is memorizing or learning playing techniques the more you learn the better you get at learning. The problem with old folks is that they get out of practice.