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Geoff (pronounce Jeff) Keith has taught instrumental music lessons for over 30 years, and special needs students for over 20 years, accruing over 6,000 hours working with special needs and LD students. In the 1990’s, he developed FBC Sudbury’s Kid’s Music Club program (children’s choir). His articles on teaching music to students with learning disabilities have appeared in the Dyslexic Reader. The information in the blog is similar to the information he presented at Berklee College of Music’s ABLE Assembly, which is a special needs arts conference for teachers. Also, he has been included in Marquis Who’s Who biographies.

How to Color the Music Score to Successfully Focus Special Needs and LD Students on Features of the Sheet Music - Colorful Highlighter Pens

How to Color the Music Score to Successfully Focus Special Needs and LD Students on Features of the Sheet Music

Color does not need to be limited to color-coding. Bring staccato, legato, pedal, dynamics, and accents to the foreground by using a highlighter and red pen. Estimated reading time 2 minutes.

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How to Color Code Music to Get LD Students to Perform Accurate Alternate Picking - Man Plucking the Guitar

How to Color Code Music to Get LD Students to Perform Accurate Alternate Picking

Even among typical learners, students find alternate picking and strumming challenging. It is one of the few color-coding strategies I use with every student. Using color-coded arrows as a guide to alternate picking effectively shows students how to accurately execute the picking patterns. Estimated reading time 2 minutes.

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