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Good question Mark. Put as much time into memory improvement as you find beneficial. More memory capacity sounds good to me. I have the memory of a gnat so even if i were to double it, I still am pretty weak. It is why I focused on how the puzzle all fits together rather than try to memorize this section or that section. Now I can play anything even if I have never heard it before. The more I go down the endless road the easier it becomes to recognize the clues as to where a song is going. One example is if I hear a 7chord it is telling me we are going somewhere I just have to figure out where. In key of G I hear the D and know it is the 5 chord and if I hear it with the 7 giving it that little twangy pull most of the time we are heading back to the G chord. If I am on a G and I hear C followed by a chromatic tone 99% of the time I am going to a D chord. Over time it has become intuitive (for me it is seemingly ungodly amounts of time but to be fair I am average or average- in musical aptitude). Super fun process as long as I stay in the process. Whatever you do just keep playing. Play more when you can. I guess my answer would be: memorizing is too granular for what I have upstairs, I telescope out and try to take in the biggest part of the picture I can stand.