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Old 10-19-2012, 03:49 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I know this girl isn't tonedeaf because she can hear dissonance and resolution. I honestly don't know if she can remember what songs sound like because she REFUSES to sing or hum.

I need a way to explain it simply because her English isn't that great. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Have her draw out the keyboard and then label the notes for her, then have her do it. Do stuff like that, in a way music theory is build into or related to a piano keys and the music staff appears. Also look up The Suzuki method for piano see if that can help.
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