Topic: 7yrs old autistic boy with perfect pitch - which digital piano?
Hello there. I need some advice please.
I just have received my son's statement after his 2 weeks piano campus.
..I had five piano lessons with James during his staying in piano campus. I worked with him to shape his hands and relax arms. We also spent a lot of time to learn note values from eight notes to whole notes and quarter rest. I also explained to him beats and how to „count music”. James understood the whole concept right away and started creating his own rhythms. He also asked about sixteen notes which I explained to him. He used all the note values with ease.
During our lessons I improvised with James. I had him play on black keys only while I accompanied. Right away he noticed that I used certain white keys while playing and wanted to know why I could use white keys :-) Then he tried to use those white keys that worked with our accompaniment and he did well.
His aural skills are amazing. James had five lessons with another teacher and in our opinion he has perfect pitch. However, someone qualified in this subject should checked his skills again to make sure.
James needs more attention with his arms and hands movement while playing. He has difficulty to keep them relaxed and he also wants to play fast which makes his arms very tense. James needs to be reminded to slow down a lot to help him keep his arms relaxed. He definetely needs more attention with shaping his fingers.
James is smart and „catches” information very fast.""
This is what the teacher has said about him. I am a person without any music and instruments knowledge but I really would like to help him to find out a good digital piano as our bungalow is too small for upright piano. . I looking for advice from people who do understand the ''perfect pitch'' gift and curse as my son after morning wake up plays on his poor quality keyboard and cries, as the keyboards notes are not the same as his notes in his head. Once he hears any music and likes it - he can sit and play it. It is amazing but... he needs our help to get the peace on his mind. Any instrument suggestions? Which digital piano would you recommend? I was thinking about Yamaha Clavinowa or Yamaha Arius ( YDP). He is beginners.