I use no charts at all anymore....I weened myself off of them many years ago....the only way is to go song by song and just play them overt and over again without the music....repetition is success to alleviating using the charts as a crutch....it will free you up to enjoy playing, ad libbing & letting creating as you play & sing much more.....it looks so much more professional also.

Try some exercises also like :

1- Blindfold yourself and play the songs let your fingers be your eyes.....

2- have someone "talk to you while your playing" this will teach you to play effortlessly without "thinking" about what your hands are doing.

3- If your a singer also.....memorize the lyrics as well while your playing, smiling, & making eye contact with the audience..nothing worse for an audience then looking at a player on stage with his head down in the book thruout the whole song..

Good luck



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 11-06-2010).]