On the boy's musical education
Submitted by diber on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 14:27
Now that Ellis has a hearing aid, I've been working on his musical education, since now I'm not sure he got anything when I was teaching music appreciation when I was pregnant. I'm blaring music for him to listen to, just in case he can pick up any sound. We've been listening to his CD of Bach's Goldberg Variations. Today I put on Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor". After all he and Beethoven have something in common. At the opening sforzando chord, which was really loud, since the volume is way up on the stereo, he looked at me like what was that? Maybe he could just feel the vibrations, but I wonder if he can pick up a little. Sometimes he looks like perhaps he's listening. It's hard to tell. I'll just keep playing music.
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That's way exciting. Vibratio
That's way exciting. Vibrations are enough for a lot of people. Maybe when he's older, you can try having him feel your cello, especially when you play really low notes, because he should be able to feel the rumble. A saxophonist came to our band class once in high school and told us about having deaf kids stick their hands in the bell of his instrument while he played really low notes, and how they giggled and kept wanting to do it again. And since Ellis seems to have residual hearing that's being boosted, he might be able to get a lot more out of it than even they did. =)
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