Help with Monotone Singing

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I am looking for advice on techniques and measurable goals for one of my 
clients.  She is a teenager (just started 9th grade) with mild developmental 
disabilities and a love of music.  She is particularly interested in singing 
although she primarily speaks and sings in a monotone.  She loves singing in 
the school choir, but, of course, her self-esteem, etc is greatly damaged 
when teased by other kids and told to just mouth the words during concerts.  
I see her privately once per week (I don't work at her school or anything) 
and we've been working on concentration and self esteem through singing (we 
do a lot of rap which she likes and at which she is successful, but not 
helpful for school choir music), piano playing, some dancing, and learning to 
read music -- note names, rhythms, etc.  She's not entirely monotone because 
she can make high vs. low sounds, but I haven't heard her match a pitch yet.  
I'm hoping for suggestions on techniques to improve her singing ability 
beyond having her try glissandos and do high vs. low (octaves).  Or is not 
possible to improve when you are monotone?
Thanks in advance for any help.
 
-Cindy Robertson, MT-BC
Denver
-- MT-PRO Music Therapy List, mtpro@multipro.com on 09/08/1999 at 11:00:56 PM


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