Author: two toots ★2017
Date: 2019-09-24 14:30
I am the parent of a person with Down Syndrome. We have been learning clarinet together for 7 years although she had instruction during her school experience.
What works for us is that I write the letters for the notes under each line. For some reason she doesn't "get" the notion of the notes on the staff. Whether this is because of her problems with depth perception or what is uncertain but she is finally showing some signs of being able to read off the staff. Baby steps!
Because I have not played clarinet in school, we need to learn the same things so we may be pretty unusual, but we practice together every day. While she will often play by herself, she needs the guidance to stay accurate in her play.
So while these are very different conditions I wonder if the inability to "read" you mention is somehow related. It is labor intensive to "transcribe" the music and I may be in a very unusual position to be able to practice with her every day I wonder if the patience that you normally employ is not sufficient in this kind of case. As a parent I have learned to expect little and be happy with what we achieve.
Another method that was used by her school aide was to color code the notes.
It is probably necessary to think outside the box but things can be done and the rewards for the individual are huge.
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