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| Sunshineladyfl |
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ADD and ability to focus on learning to play piano
My ADD child, age 14, is fortunate to be homeschooled. We felt that learning to play the piano would be good for him. He began taking lessons from a gentle, excellent piano teacher last September and he appears to have a talent. However, he gets upset, angry and frustrated saying that the music lessons mess with his mind. He appears to get very confused by it. I do not have ADD so I do not know how learning to read the music, etc. affects him. Please give me some input on this situation. |
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15 Jan 2008 @ 9:37 AM
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| liz |
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Mine is 14 and Has Played Piano
since he was 7 (I think). His first teacher was sweet but not very good at teaching. By age 10, ds still liked piano so we looked for another teacher. She is better and firm but kind. She says he has a real ear for it. His issues are anger, frustration, and not wanting to practice because it is "hard" or "boring". But sometimes he can play for 2 hrs straight if he wants to! If he seems to like it deep down, I'd continue with the lessons. Find him some fun stuff to play as soon as he can handle it. Find opportunities for him to play for others. When mine was younger, we also homeschooled him. Practice was a part of his school day. Now it is more challenging to fit around public school and homework. A good way to use his talent is let him play at a nursing home. That's what our teacher has them all do. The patients love it! Or maybe he could do talent shows, competitions, etc. as he gets more experience. |
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