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Author: Steve
Date: 2002-11-04 10:35
Hi!
Does anyone know where I can get advice regarding teaching clarinet to children with dyslexia. Any information would be great.
Look forward to hearing your suggestions
Thanks!
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Author: Brian
Date: 2002-11-05 01:22
GBK you are an endless fountain of knowledge. What a blessing it is to have you here!
Sincerely,
Brian
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2002-11-05 03:14
Not to digress too far, but...
Two of my best friends have dyslexia. One plays flute and the other one plays French horn. I've noticed that, though they have difficulty sightreading and doing simple transpositions, neither one of them is a bad musician. In fact, our flute player almost made it into All-State! The only scores holding her back were - you guessed it - sightreading.
Both of these people - especially the horn player, his dyslexia is slightly worse - had to work very hard and be very passionate with their music. They spent forever looking at sheet music, listening to what sounded right, and practicing from there. Both of them have fingering charts close at hand and easy to read (She keeps hers in her notebook, he keeps his behind his looseleaf music) and they use them periodically when they have trouble.
One trait I have noticed, which must go alongside the more creative branch of dyslexia, is that they are both astoundingly well at improv. Since I sit next to the French horn, I notice he doesn't always follow the music. But he blends well enough that the band director either chooses to ignore it or doesn't even notice! He can follow the music verbatim if he has to, but sometimes he finds it easier to improvise until he has what's written under his fingers.
Just my observations. Some of these could apply to your students. I've actually learned to acknowledge dyslexia almost as a gift, not a disability, because both of my friends have such a creative and insightful edge. They just needed perserverance to excel.
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Author: jez
Date: 2002-11-05 12:35
I also have 2 friends who suffer from dyslexia.
Recently they went on a skiing holiday together and at the top of the slope one said to the other;
"Did he say zig-zag down, or zag-zig?"
"Let's ask this chap." replied his friend.
On hearing the question the bystander replied;
"Don't ask me I'm a tobogganist!"
"Can I have 20 Marlboro lights?"
Seriously though:
I know people who find that using coloured lenses when reading music helps overcome the problem. I'm not sure what colour is best, in fact I think it varies for different people, so some experimentation is necessary. A Google search for "dyslexia tinted" yields interesting results.
jez
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