Wade Caudle
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6/6/2019
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Tools and Strategies
Wade Caudle
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Students with motor skill impairments often get excluded from instruments such as the trombone and french horn. To help these students learn hand position placement more effectively, I use an electronic tuner which utilizes a vibration-acquired pickup an attaches directly to the instrument. The models we have are called "Snarks" but their are others.
Another option for intonation and pitch recognition I have used is the iStrobosoft iPad app with a clip-on vibration pickup as the microphone. The concept is similar, and provides access for visually-impaired students as the readout is much larger. Students gain a better understanding of pitch and intonation as it is related to their hand positions. |