seema Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 My dd 14(mild dyslexia, dyscalculia, high functioning ASD) has always had very difficult time with matching pitch/tone when singing, but as she has gotten older, she has become so discouraged, that she believes she is tone deaf, and does not want to listen to music at all or try to sing at all. Sadly it has to do with being made fun of at school. I want to get her confidence back. Can anyone recommend good online singing programs? she refuses a vocal coach, we tried that for 6 mos, was not a good fit. When younger she also did 2 yrs of piano lessons, when she was 7-8, but she struggled a lot, with correct fingering, using both hands etc, and the teacher was impatient too. Now She wants to play piano again, and prefers to do online lessons. Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, easy to follow online piano lessons? she tried some free lessons on Flow key, its interactive, but at times it was not accurate and there would be sometimes a lag time for it to recognise if she played the right key. Simply music is another site, has anyone used it? is this interactive, where it gives her feedback if she played the wrong key? if not how does this work, and what was your experience? Appreciate any help. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 If I could suggest, what you want is a music therapist. We did music therapy through an autism school and it was AMAZING. The therapist can help her with singing and can teach her to play piano, yes. There are modified piano methods for people on the spectrum. They also have modified guitar. My ds has apraxia with his autism, so he literally couldn't sing. Like not only was he not hitting notes and getting his voice to go up and down in speech, but he couldn't actually get connected sound out so it was singing. The music therapist was brilliant at this. It's a super common thing to want and around here the autism schools actually market it like hey, enroll your dc, they'll get music therapy every week. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Agree, a music therapist might be more useful. I will say that Simply Music is awesome but no it does not "hear" what the student is playing. You could do Simply Music with her and listen, be her ears. Let her know when things sound correct. It is usually on sale through Homeschool Buyer's Co-op... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymbol Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Have you looked at Hoffman academy? https://www.hoffmanacademy.com My son does the free lessons online. I know the subscription is more interactive but I haven’t tried it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exercise_guru Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 There is a piano program that is all chords on the left hand I will look it up. My friend uses it. I will post it here in this thread when I find it. Before you give up on lessons you could interview some teachers some are better than others and can change their expectations. My son is in guitar and his teacher is so understanding and modifies music for him. Perhaps you could find a teacher that just teaches big note piano or chords piano. There is a lot she could play with just that and a patient teacher. You know have you thought of the flute? It has fingerings that goes together one note usinf both hands. If your your daughter can read streble cleff then she has a good start. She will enjoy it. I played in junior high and high school and have fond memories of it. I recomend it because my daughter has a classmate who was in a severe car accident. It caused her brain damage. The young girl tried the violin in orchesta with an impatient teacher. It did not go well. The next year I noticed she was playing flute in the school band. Now she has played for 3 years and will probably stay with it through high school. Her mom told me it has been a great experience. She could also try the recorder for starts because it is such a fun instrument and lots of music for it. Maybe you could get a refferal from your local autism groups for a good teacher. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 A lot of adult piano methods focus on chording, and fake books are just melody and chords. Flute (and any wind) will depend on embouchure. A child with apraxia or dyspraxia will likely find some easier than others. Flute is almost impossible for me with dyspraxia of speech, but saxophone and clarinet were very successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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