Do you know of any sites I could go to that would teach me
how to play my flute by the keys instead of using sheet music. See I have
dislexia and I find it hard enough to read normal english let alone sheet music.
I mean once I learn what the keys are (C, D, E, F, G, A, B) and where they are
on my flute I''ll be ok if I just write down what notes are in a peice. Thanks
for any help.[]
the only problem with doing that is if you simply
write down the note names you still don't know how long or short each note has
to be. Music doesn't only tell you what notes to play, it also tell you how
logn to play a specific note, how fast, how loud, etc. Eventually you would have
to learn to read music anyway I assume unless you could find a different way to
read music with all the aspects... good luck!
Hi~ Wow, that is a tough situation. It will
probably mean a bit more work but it sounds like you already deal with that on a
daily basis. I applaud you for taking on a challenge like this. I am not sure if
this site below will help you or not but it gives the fingerings for each note
and shows you where the notes are on the staff. http://www.emersonflutes.com/finger.htm Oh and I was thinking maybe a Google
search may find you some tips on learning an instrument and having dislexia.
Good Luck Kim
Some
days you catch the bus and other days it runs over you.
Zella, Don't sell yourself short. Reading music
uses a completely different area of the brain than reading language. No, I'm
not a doctor, I'm the mom of a left handed violinist with ADHD. She was able to
sight read music before she was able to read language fluently. I'm sure
you're nervous because of your history. Notes are individual -not clumped
together like letters in words. If you see an eighth note backwards, it is still
an eighth note. I'm having a really hard time composing this answer because it
is so important to me, and I really wish I was actually talking to you instead
of typing out the answer. I mostly want to give you the confidence to keep
trying! Have you tried the Suzuki method? It is most well known in violin, but
teaching books are available for flute. The benefit is that they have a CD that
goes along with it. My guess is that your ear (hearing pitch) may be more
developed than your reading. If you can play beginner pieces with a CD, that may
help cement the relationships (between the notes on the page and what your
fingers are doing) in your muscle memory. Please stay on the board and let us
know how you are doing. You can email me if you want to talk more. Stick with
it. Cate
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Kim