2/10/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Juan
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I had a student with hearing impairment that played trombone in my band classes. Tuning a note (matching pitches with the other students) was a struggle at first. I mentioned to the class that tuning is both an auditory and tactile endeavor, so as to not single them out. In fact, I have personally dealt with loud situations while performing that forced me to use earplugs. I had to rely on my tactile sense to survive in that environment, and I passed the knowledge onto my students - but particularly the one in question. This helped immensely. |
2/10/2022
Topic:
Students with Disabilities
Juan
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I had a visually impaired student in my band class that played saxophone. We waited months for a braille version of our method book to arrive, to no avail. Not that it would have been very practical, since the saxophone requires both hands to play. I assigned numbers to notes instead of names that would eventually make up a G Major scale. If any new notes were introduced we would change the notes to "flat 2," or "sharp 4," always comparing them all to the original 7 notes learned. His memory and determination were uncanny. I miss him incredibly. |