Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 2006/03

From: "David Glenn" <davidglenn@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Help with teaching
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:10:48 -0500

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> Von: o4rmondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
> An: klarinet@-----.org
> Betreff: [kl] Help with teaching
> Datum: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:47:58 -0800
>
> Has anyone any advice to offer me about teaching a child who cannot read
> music in the sense that she cannot identify which space or line a
> notehead is on? I think of this as being the musical version of
> dyslexia (although I have no idea what's actually going on).
>
> For example, she can count and she can touch the notehead accurately
> with the point of a pencil, but if the notehead is on the 2nd line, she
> cannot tell me "This note is on the 2nd line" or "this note is on the G
> line".
>
> She has an ear, albeit not perfect pitch, and she sings on pitch. Are
> there any 'standard' methods for dealing with this sort of problem?
>
> Thank you,
> Bill
> +++++++++++++++++++++

HI Bill,

Have only a moment but just want to pass this idea on. I have a pupil who is
dislexic and I had a talk to her therapist who suggested to me that we learn
the notes by taking toy puddy and making each note and placing it on a
staff. I use the note staff unlimited "note board" (see www.notestaff.de) as
it is fairly large and takes the puddy well. You might want to try this and
maybe even talk to a child psychiatrist of somebody like Linda Mood (can
also find in internet but I have to go just now...) could give you advice.
Good luck!
Best,
David

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