Instrumental Music for Dyslexics: A Teaching Handbook, Second Edition

Instrumental Music for Dyslexics is written mainly for music teachers. It describes dyslexia in layman's terms and explains how the various problems which a dyslexic may have can affect all aspects of learning to play a musical instrument. It alerts the music teacher with a problem pupil to the possibilities of that pupil's having some form of dyslexia. Although Sheila Oglethorpe is primarily a piano teacher the general principle behind most, if not all, the suggestions is such that they can be adapted for use by other instrumentalists. The book presents ways in which the music teacher can contribute to the self esteem and thereby the general welfare of the dyslexic pupil who is often musically gifted and has much to offer. The book will also be of interest to dyslexia specialists who have hitherto directed their concentration towards the language-based problems of the dyslexic.Content: Chapter 1 Recognizing Dyslexia ? The Way Forward (pages 1–14): Chapter 2 Communication—The Pupil and the Teacher (pages 15–28): Chapter 3 Auditory Considerations (pages 29–44): Chapter 4 Visual Challenges (pages 45–71): Chapter 5 Motor Problems (pages 72–96): Chapter 6 Memorizing and Sight—Reading (pages 97–122): Chapter 7 Musical Theory ? Coping with Writing Music (pages 123–141): Chapter 8 The Lesson and the Wider World (pages 142–157):