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good - but please not bagpipes - I'm only half a planet away .... Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > Amanda I'm still chuckling over your suggestion of the bugle and/or drum. > I'm not teaching nervous learners anymore. > > Ray > > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 4:33 AM > Subject: Re: piano music > > > > This may sound slightly patronising - it's not meant that way - a trick > > I've > > found for helping nervous learners wit new ideas is to relate it to what > > they > > already know. > > My mother wouldn't try an electronic keyboard - told it was an electric > > piano > > with added noises, she plonked happily away, even if not using all the > > gadgets - "piano" was less threatening. > > > > Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > > > >> Moneesha - I knew how to use the computer BEFORE PD. Learning new > >> stuff > >> now is difficult and upsetting or I would be on top of stuff. My guess > >> was > >> that Prem was not computer savvy before PD and I have seen how upset well > >> people get who are not computer types or have never learned to type.when > >> they try to learn it. I have a friend who can't email. My mother's > >> hands > >> shook when I tried to get her to use the computer. It helps to have been > >> ahead of the game. > >> Ray > >> Rayilyn Brown > >> Director AZNPF > >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > >> [log in to unmask] > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Moneesha Sharma" <[log in to unmask]> > >> To: <[log in to unmask]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:38 AM > >> Subject: Re: piano music > >> > >> > >> > Prem does not still have any tremors, so that was not the issue. He > >> > was > >> > never terribly computer savvy and I found that he was having difficulty > >> > remembering the sequence needed to get online and access his mail. > >> > That > >> > was > >> > the first discourager. Then he found that a left click was often a > >> > right > >> > click as well. Discourager number two. I was just thinking of a > >> > single > >> > mouse when I told me that he could not read too well off the screen. > >> > Discourager number three. That is when he gave up. I don't think he > >> > misses > >> > it too much. It is the guitar that he really misses. > >> > > >> > Moneesha > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > 2008/11/25 <[log in to unmask]> > >> > > >> >> For the computer- has he tried resting his forearm on a rolled towel ? > >> >> it acts as a shock-absorber. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > >> > mailto:[log in to unmask] > >> > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > >> mailto:[log in to unmask] > >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >> > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn