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Color Coding

 

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Color Coding Music & More

The Blog Category Is Expanding:

I’ve expanded the blog category to include general special needs topics in addition to the adapted score posts.

 

The Adapted Score:

Why color code music? Color has appeared in music scores for as long as there has been music notation. Moreover, color is a proven, powerful teaching tool. George L. Rogers has shown that color coding provides an access point for LD and special needs students for score reading.

 

With color, the special needs and LD students in his study exceled at sight reading tasks. However, without the color, they were entirely unable to read the score at all.

 

Therefore, students have the opportunity to experience success and thus avoid the failure that often comes with more traditional approaches. For many of these students, success is critically important. Success helps with both self-concept and self-esteem.

 

Color Coding Posts

The cornerstone category article:

 

The posts may be read in any order, but I suggest that you read these two posts first:

 

Playing and clapping exercises:

 

Graduating from the color coding

 

The remaining posts can be read in any order you like:

 

Special Needs Posts

These posts focus on non-color-coding special needs issues:

 

Learning differences posts:

 

The previous topic lists will be updated periodically. See the post grid below for the full list and full descriptions with featured images.

 

– Geoffrey Keith

 

© 2022 Geoffrey Keith

 

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