[musictlk] By Ear GVersus Reading Braille

[Julie C. Vogt]

Elizabeth, before you burn out on Gospel music, take a listen to Richard 
Smallwood.  He has a classical music background.  My favorite CD of his is 
"Persuaded," with Richard Smallwood, Vision, and the Washington, D.C. 
Symphony Orchestra.  You may have to look for it for a while, but it's worth 
the search.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Slaughter" <manutips at paulbunyan.net>
To: "'NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List'" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] By Ear GVersus Reading Braille


>I believe one thing that tired me also, was the changes in braille music
> notation. Also, the time it takes to learn, one hand at a time, because,
> of course, we cannot sight read.
>
> I pick up on music well also, and rely on recordings as well, especially
> for sacred music.
>
> Most congregations I play for would not lend themselves for blind
> musicians finding the music (never available anyway), waiting for it to
> arrive, then, for me to learn it. Some songs are so spontaneously
> presented, one must play it impromptu, or be out of the running
> altogether.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Julie C. Vogt
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 8:33 AM
> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
> 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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