[musictlk] introduction and a question

[Mike Freeman]

Chris:

If you learn braille music:

The principal advantage of braille music is that you will be able to 
observe the markings -- dynamics, phrasing and, yes, bowing -- indicated 
by the composer or the editor and thus can make your own judgments as to 
interpretation rather than being a slave to those of the person from 
whose efforts you learned pieces by ear. Although learning by ear is a 
good skill to know, I believe it's also essential (at least when 
performing classical music) to be able to read the music yourself. In a 
pinch, you can teach someone how to dictate the braille music to you.

And, as indicated, you get such niceties as fingering and bowings 
without even worrying about it.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Westbrook" <westbchris at gmail.com>
To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: [musictlk] introduction and a question


Hi.  I just joined this list.  I have been playing violin for a number 
of years, and recently started again with a new instructor.  I have 
learned by playing by ear up to this point, and my instructor would like 
me to start to learn Braille music to help communicate fingering, etc. 
I tried to learn Braille music before, and it seemed like learning by 
ear was much faster.  What are some of the advantages for those of you 
who use Braille music?  If you are a violinist and learn by ear, are 
their any good sources of recordings of intermediate to advanced pieces 
recorded slow enough to be learned?  How have you mastered bowings, 
fingerings, etc?  I realize most fingerings are easily figured out, but 
I have had trouble figuring out bowings in the past.  Any suggestions?
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