Roger in Sheffield - I have a whole repertoire that I learned in a particular state. Science has proved that if you are in a particular state - i.e., happy, miserable, pissed,whatever, you will remember things you learned in that state better when you reachieve that state.

This is why we only ever eat kebabs when drunk, because no one sober would do it, and we forget, when drunk, what we learned when sober..... The law of gravity is another example.

If you learn a tune drunk (or slightly merry.....) you will probably remember it better when slightly piddled... learn it totally blasted, and you will only ever be able to remember it blasted.... that's why no one ever remembers the words to rude songs the next day, trying to explain to the SO what you were singing at 2.am....

LTS