As far as tips go, I don't really have any. Our new member educator had a song that helped us learn it. Beyond that my advice: memorize, memorize, memorize.
Knowing the pronunciations helps.
The names and pronunciations are given below. The pronunciations vary in certain parts of the country. Check out the URL below to see all the symbols. I am unable to provide you with some of them as they are unavailable on a standard keyboard.
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Good luck!!
Letter Name Pronunciation
A Alpha al-fah
B Beta bay-tah
[symbol for gamma] Gamma gam-ah
[symbol for delta] Delta del-tah
E Epsilon ep-si-lon
Z Zeta zay-tah
[symbol for eta] Eta ay-tah
[symbol for theta] Theta thay-tah
I Iota eye-o-tah
K Kappa cap-pah
[symbol for lambda] Lambda lamb-dah
M Mu mew
N Nu new
[symbol for xi] Xi z-eye (or zee)
O Omicron om-e-cron
[symbol for pi] Pi pie
P Rho row
[symbol for sigma] sigma sig-mah
T Tau taw
[symbol for upsilon] Upsilon oop-si-lon
[symbol for Phi] Phi fee OR fie
X Chi k-eye
Y Psi sigh
[symbol for omega] Omega o-may-ga
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