Written Music Adaptations

Some adaptations for Special Learning Children in the band classroom can be accomplished on paper without other adaptive equipment. Music as it is typically written has many features that do not lend themselves to easy comprehension. Some of the features are simply a matter of style and convention.

Music can be made:

The following chart summarizes some of the more common means of providing specialized music.

Type Common Terms Icons 4 Meas./ System Heavy Barlines each 4 Meas. Highlight Alternate Staffs Simplify Notes Simplify Rhythms Embedded Instructions Counting Fingerings Note Names Alternate Fingering Alter notes/ passages Add Melodic Passages Enlarged Notation Elongated Paper
Autism ü ü ü ü   ü ü ü                
Deaf/Blindness                             ü ü
Deafness                                
Hearing Impaired                                
Mental Retardation ü ü       ü ü ü ü ü            
Multiple Disbilities ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
Orthopedic impairment           ü           ü ü   ü  
Serious Emotional Disturbance           ü ü           ü ü    
Specific Learning Disorder ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü   ü            
Speech Disability ü   ü   ü ü ü                  
Traumatic Brain Injury     ü   ü ü ü ü   ü ü          
Visual Impairment   ü                         ü ü
Other Health Impairments           ü ü           ü      

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