Miles / Westcombe / Ditchfield Music and Dyslexia

A Positive Approach
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-72390-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Music and dyslexia is of particular interest for two reasons.Firstly, research suggests that music education can benefit youngdyslexics as it helps them focus on auditory and motor timingskills and highlights the rhythms of language. Secondly, dyslexicmusicians at a more advanced level face particular challenges suchas sight-reading, written requirements of music examinations andextreme performance nerves.
This is a sequel to the highly successful Music andDyslexia: Opening New Doors, published in2001. The field of dyslexia has developedrapidly, particularly in the area of neuropsychology. Thereforethis book focuses on these research advances, and draws out theaspects of music education that benefit young dyslexics.The contributors also discuss the problems that dyslexicmusicians face, and several chapters are devoted to sight-readingand specific strategies that dyslexics can use to help themsight-read.
The book offers practical techniques and strategies, to teachersand parents to help them work with young dyslexics and dyslexicmusicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miles, Tim

Miles, Timothy R.

Westcombe, John

Ditchfield, Diana

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, Baroness Warnock.
Preface, TR Miles and John Westcombe.
1. The Manifestation of Dyslexia, its Biological Bases, andits Effects on Daily living, TR Miles.
2. How Dyslexia can Affect Musicians, John Westcombe.
3. Dyslexia and Musical Development, Violet Brand.
4. The Story of a Dyslexic singer, Annemarie Sand.
5. Some Problems of a Dyslexic Flute Player, Carolineoldfield.
6. A Personal View of Dyslexia and Professional MusicMaking, Michael Lea.
7. Silver Lining, Nigel Clarke.
8. Books are my Friends, Janet coker.
9. Continuing to Sing, a Postgraduate View, PaulaBishop.
10. My experiences as a Dyslexic Musician, Olly Smith.
11. A Struggle to Play, Jacob Wiltshire.
12. My Experiences With The Problem of Reading Music, SiwWood.
13. My Music and my Discalculia, Helen Poole.
14. John and his Cornet, Sylvia Gilpin.
15. The Piano Tuner, Gill Backhouse.
16. Teaching The Piano to Deirdre, Diana Ditchfield.
17. The Dyslexic Chorister, Sheila Oglethorpe.
18. The Dyslexic at Music College, Margaret Hubicki.
19. A Pianist' s Story, Gill backhouse.
20. A Multisensory Approach to The Teaching of MusicalNotation, Margaret Hubicki.
21. Gathering The Threads, TR Miles and John Westcombe.
Appendix I: Recognizing The Dyslexic Child - Notes forParents and Teachers.
Appendix 2: Checklist of Dyslexic Symptoms in AdultsApprox.

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Miles, OBE, MA, PhD, CPsychol., FBPS, was the firstprofessor of Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor, servingfrom 1963 to 1987, and is now professor Emeritus. He has publishedwidely both on dyslexia and other topics. he is an amateur cellist.
John Westcombe taught music in Inner London before takingadvisory and music direction posts in three large LEAs. Morerecently, consultancy work has been done for Trinity college ofMusic and Youth Music. Current interests include concert reviewingand Chairing the British Dyslexia Association Music Committee.Heinemann published his careers in Music (1997).
Diana Ditchfield Studied piano performance at the royalIrish Academy of Music, before taking degrees in Education andtrading in secondary school in the United Kingdom. Her interest indyslexia started in the 1980s. She teaches piano at the MunicipalSchool of Music in Limerick and is a Learning Support Tutor inDisability Services at University Level.