Reply To: Special ed- inclusion in middle school music

[nafmeadmin]

Could the aide finger the guitar while the students strum (I guess they would have to take turns), or maybe have another responsible student buddy up with these students and do the fingerings while the special needs students strummed? Or maybe you could tune their guitars to an open chord and just work on rhythm with strumming. Or if possible (this would require an extra expense) maybe use autoharps; that way they could put the instrument on a table or on their lap to strum, and the aide or another student could press the chord buttons (or if they can handle doing 2 things at once maybe they can hold the buttons down for the chord themselves while strumming).