[blindkid] Braille music

[Lucy Sirianni]

Hi Pui and all,

I started learning Braille music at about Jack's age, using 
Thelma Corless Dikeman's Braille Music for Piano Beginners.  As I 
progressed, I also relied on Bettye Krollick's How to Read 
Braille Music, which was the standard Braille music reference 
text, at least at that time.  Finally, I'd definitely recommend 
checking out the wealth of resources listed on  
www.blindmusicstudent.org,  the website of the National Resource 
Center for Blind Musicians, run by my friend David Goldstein.

Hope this helps!

Lucy

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Pui via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org
To: IftheShew Fits <barnesraiser at gmail.com
Date sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:12:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Braille music

That's a cool picture, love it! I'm assuming an iPad would also 
work but it would only show a few measures.  My son has a 
degenerative eye disorder so it's important that he learns 
braille music.  My sighted nine year old practices until he 
memorizes the pieces and so I expect the same from my youngest.  
I would expect the braille notes/large print notes would be used 
until it was memorized.

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 On Jun 26, 2014, at 5:27 PM, IftheShew Fits 
<barnesraiser at gmail.com> wrote:

 My son is VI and we use an old-fashioned projector and I copy 
his music onto transparencies.  He's quite competent in literary 
Braille but given that he needs both hands to play the piano, I 
didn't understand how he could read Braille music and play.  
Here's a picture:


 On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Pui via blindkid 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 My VI 5 year old is going to be starting piano lessons in a few 
weeks.  Does anyone have recommendations on materials we could 
start off with? He does have partial vision but it is not always 
accurate and so I wanted him to start off learning music in 
Braille as well.  He has been learning Braille for a year now so 
Braille is not new to him.  I also know Braille and his sighted 
brother has been playing piano for 4 years so we can work as a 
family to encourage him.

 Thanks,
 Pui Burmahln

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