Hello music lovers and pros,

I wonder what is (or should be) the difference
between 'Music therapy' and conventional music lessons.
Longer ago I pestered you all with my complaints
about piano as a kid, and how I was frustrated by teacher.

Now I still try to literally 'play' with a keyboard, can
move fingers reasonably fast only 'by ear'. Anything else,
esp. reading is too slow and/or errory to be musical.
Real-time multitasking is the main subjective limitation.

Now, recently I got one 'mentoring' lesson with a
pro teacher, with highest Conservatory and pedagogic
studies (but a bit younger than me). I briefly mentioned
Asperger's in email to her but she didn't know what that was.
She was nice but what happened at the lesson was
really too overwhelming to understand and fix useful
knowledge. She let me chose a piece (and I chose maybe
a too hard one, with two known difficulty areas: key signature
of D Major (two sharps not written but to be played) and fast
16th notes). The teacher demonstrated advanced 'correct'
techniques way too far for me to be able to produce them
at the lesson, and with enough tries at home afterward.

Now, I seriously doubt my 'teachability' using
conventional methods. It may be that what I *can* do uses
some personal 'shortcuts', else I'd be much clumsier.
Or they can be seen as 'bad habits' from a real pro.
General-purpose motor unlearning then learning is too ineffective.

Thank you for thinking about this,
Mircea Pauca, Bucuresti, Romania