Maybe the wiki from r/WhatsThisSong is useful for you, they describe first steps to identify songs: https://old.reddit.com/r/WhatsThisSong/wiki/index/

Also humming it for others to get an idea can be useful too.

A memory jog, that describes it neatly thanks for the new word. Also nice touch with the shoes :D

I sometimes had a very small piece of paper scribbled with stuff I couldn’t remember while learning but turns out this way I knew what I had written down there and didn’t need it afterall :D

One time I accidentally forgot about that tiny paper though and my teacher actually found it on some stairs and recognized my handwriting.