Does he really NEED to learn to read
music to play 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 I always thought that since he learnt to play drums naturally...by ear...why stress him out with the theory aspect of drumming? He has raw talent and loves it...why stress him out to “read music”...he doesn’t even want to read a book. I didn’t want him to hate what he loves. BUT apparently I was getting worked up over nothing... Apparently “reading music” for drumming is actually easier than it is for piano or guitar...the lines and spaces on the musical staff represent the parts of the drum set! Think VISUAL...if you’re an autism parent and your kiddo is a visual thinker YOU KNOW...it’s happy dance time, it’s peasy lemon squeezy time! Well sorta... In any event his teacher had plans...plans to challenge him, and stretch him, plans to set and achieve goals! YASSSSS! Don’t you just love that?! But more importantly, when You sit down and really think about it...if MUSIC IS HIS LANGUAGE and he is learning it won’t he be much better off becoming musically literate as well? Yeh I think so too. So here I am thanking God once again for teachers who think outside the box, teachers who want to make a difference, who see the potential...who see the differences but don’t think less...in fact they think more. xoxo DrummerBoysMom (dbm) 1/24/2019 05:31:17 am
Tristan was the same he just played piano he just could do it. When I got him a teacher something strange happened it was like he just knew it. He had a deep understanding of it already without ever being taught. 1/24/2019 06:15:28 am
Zachary is absorbing so much information.His instincts for music are amazing.Not just for drumming,but for playing the piano and singing.He is a fantastic musician.I thank God for all the encouragement he is getting from you and his teachers.
Christian
1/24/2019 08:33:12 am
Yay Zack!! Such talent. You guys are an inspiration !! Comments are closed.
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AuthorHi, I am Francene...aka @drummerboysmom on Instagram and drummerboyZmom on twitter. I'm an over 40 expat mommy raising a daughter with an old soul and a son with autism in beautiful Jamaica. Archives
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