[musictlk] By Ear GVersus Reading Braille

Antonio Quatraro a.quatraro at fol.it
Mon Dec 29 08:40:51 UTC 2008



> Learning music by ear like learning a foreign language, or even
> one's mother language just by listening.
> I believe the two ways, ear and Braille, must be considered not 
> alternative
> but rather   complementary.
> Best
> Antonio Quatraro
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 4:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] By Ear GVersus Reading Braille
>
>
>>I believe that braille music is vitally important to anyone aspiring to be
>>a classical musician. the reason is simple: although learning by ear is an
>>extremely useful skill and is often necessary for choral music, band music
>>and other quick-study items that are either not available or cannot be
>>obtained in time to be useful, learning by ear means that one is learning
>>someone else's interpretation of the music rather than seeing what 
>>markings
>>the composer or music editor wrote and crafting one's own interpretation.
>>If necessary, one can teach someone to qead braille music to you and you
>>can write your own braille copy from the dictation.
>>
>> That said, learning to play by ear is virtually a necessity in jazz and
>> rock music venues.
>>
>> So learning guitar riffs by ear is a good idea and many a sighted 
>> musician
>> does the same thing, if one is to play, say, the preludes of Hector
>> Villalobos or
>> enriquez's "Concierto del Sur", braille music is a must.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Julie C. Vogt" <jcvogt at pressenter.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Sunday, Dec 28, 2008 7:12:05
>> Subject: [musictlk] By Ear GVersus Reading Braille
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a quick ear.  Except for really complicated parts, I can usually
>>> hear a piece and know it.  When I was 21 and went to MacPhail College of
>>> Music (which is no more) I could learn an unfamiliar sonata movement in
>>> about two hours and play it through.
>>>
>>> I learned to read Braille music and kept up with it till I was at
>>> MacPhail.  There wasn't much Braille music for what I wanted and was
>>> required to learn.  I could learn so much faster on tape, and they kept
>>> changing things about the Braille music code so  that I became
>>> discouraged with the Braille and left it.  I've never had a need to use
>>> Braille music since then.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human
>>> soul," American Humorist Mark Twain
>>>
>>> "An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us," Dr. Kenneth 
>>> Jernigan,
>>> Immediate Past President, National Federation of the Blind
>>>
>>> "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their
>>> contentions are like the bars of a castle." Proverbs 18 19. KJV
>>>
>>> "Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed up in overalls and
>>> looks like work." Thomas Edison.
>>>
>>> "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more
>>> important than any other one thing." Abraham Lincoln
>>>
>>> "Faith is the ability to see God in the dark.," (unknown)
>>>
>>> "No one can do it for us but us," Rev. Jesse Jackson, Operation Push,
>>> 1976.
>>>
>>> "With proper training, development, and opportunity, blindness can be
>>> reduced to the level of a physical nuisance or characteristic," the Late
>>> Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, Past President, National Federation of the Blind.
>>>
>>> Julie Vogt or jcvogt at pressenter.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] By Ear GVersus Reading Braille


>I believe that braille music is vitally important to anyone aspiring to be 
>a classical musician. the reason is simple: although learning by ear is an 
>extremely useful skill and is often necessary for choral music, band music 
>and other quick-study items that are either not available or cannot be 
>obtained in time to be useful, learning by ear means that one is learning 
>someone else's interpretation of the music rather than seeing what markings 
>the composer or music editor wrote and crafting one's own interpretation. 
>If necessary, one can teach someone to qead braille music to you and you 
>can write your own braille copy from the dictation.
>
> That said, learning to play by ear is virtually a necessity in jazz and 
> rock music venues.
>
> So learning guitar riffs by ear is a good idea and many a sighted musician 
> does the same thing, if one is to play, say, the preludes of Hector 
> Villalobos or
> enriquez's "Concierto del Sur", braille music is a must.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie C. Vogt" <jcvogt at pressenter.com>
> To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Sunday, Dec 28, 2008 7:12:05
> Subject: [musictlk] By Ear GVersus Reading Braille
>
>>
>>
>> I have a quick ear.  Except for really complicated parts, I can usually 
>> hear a piece and know it.  When I was 21 and went to MacPhail College of 
>> Music (which is no more) I could learn an unfamiliar sonata movement in 
>> about two hours and play it through.
>>
>> I learned to read Braille music and kept up with it till I was at 
>> MacPhail.  There wasn't much Braille music for what I wanted and was 
>> required to learn.  I could learn so much faster on tape, and they kept 
>> changing things about the Braille music code so  that I became 
>> discouraged with the Braille and left it.  I've never had a need to use 
>> Braille music since then.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human 
>> soul," American Humorist Mark Twain
>>
>> "An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us," Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, 
>> Immediate Past President, National Federation of the Blind
>>
>> "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their 
>> contentions are like the bars of a castle." Proverbs 18 19. KJV
>>
>> "Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed up in overalls and 
>> looks like work." Thomas Edison.
>>
>> "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more 
>> important than any other one thing." Abraham Lincoln
>>
>> "Faith is the ability to see God in the dark.," (unknown)
>>
>> "No one can do it for us but us," Rev. Jesse Jackson, Operation Push, 
>> 1976.
>>
>> "With proper training, development, and opportunity, blindness can be 
>> reduced to the level of a physical nuisance or characteristic," the Late 
>> Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, Past President, National Federation of the Blind.
>>
>> Julie Vogt or jcvogt at pressenter.com
>>
>>
>>
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