The Peg System

                       ^Introduction - The Peg System\

Having thoroughly learned the rules of the Phonetic Alphabet, you are now

equipped to tackle the most versatile amd powerful of all the Memory Master

systems - the |Peg System\.

You have already learned how to memorise any list of items in sequence,

using the Link system.  But supposing you wanted to recall, say, what the

seventh item of a list was - how would you do it ? You'd probably have to go

over the Link in your mind and count the items one by one, until you reached

the seventh item.

The |Peg System\ enables you to memorise any list of items - in >and out\ of

order.  For example, think back to the Tutorial on Substitute Words, where

you memorised a list of the twelve largest English counties, in sequence.

If you were to memorise that list using the Peg System you would

^automatically\ know that, for instance, the fifth largest county is

Norfolk, and that the ninth largest county is Hampshire.#

The Peg System uses a series of <Peg Words\, based on the Phonetic Alphabet.

Every number from 1 to 100 has its own Peg Word, which can be associated to

anything you want to remember. The Peg Word then gives you a reference back

to the number that it represents.

Tutorial 11 introduces the Peg Word concept, and teaches you Peg Words for

the numbers 1 to 20, which you need to learn thoroughly before proceeding

any further.

Tutorial 12 takes you through a detailed example of how to put the Peg Words

to  practical use.

Tutorial 13 teaches you Peg Words for the numbers 21 to 100.  This tutorial

is different from all the others, in that you do not have to work through it

all.  One of the beauties of the Peg System is its flexibility - you only

have to learn as many Peg Words as you will actually need to use.  This will

depend on the type of memory chores to which you decide to apply the Peg

System.

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