- First Steps in Learning
- Improvisation Ideas
- Alternative Notation
- Recommended Reading
- Press Articles
- Useful Links
- Music Certificates
- Music and Down's Syndrome
- Instrumental / vocal tuition for children with a disability
Teacher Resources
Improvisation ideas and alternative notation for pupils who do not read and more. Read about the benefits experienced by learning disabled people when they have been given the opportunity to play a musical instrument. See what has been done by others.
Forum
Join in discussions and share ideas about teaching and learning musical instruments for and by the learning disabled. Encourage others with your success stories.
Teacher Resources
The way Melody works is to share knowledge, experience and techniques among members, so that more and more teachers, parents and carers will be able to try out new musical ideas and activities with children and adults who have a learning disability.
Music clips
You can also download and play short recordings of some of the improvisation ideas where you see this icon:
If you click the icon, the music clip will play through your internet browser. How this works will vary depending on how your computer is set up.
To save a music clip, right-click the icon (control-click on Macintosh machines) and choose 'save to disk'. You will then be able to listen to the clip whenever you want.
You will need software capable of playing MP3 music files. Most computers have this installed.
Downloading may take a while. We would be interested to know if you find this service useful.
Contact us
If you have any new ideas that have worked for you, we would like to add them to our Ideas Store. Please email your ideas to be considered for inclusion on the Melody website.
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