[musictlk] Vocal pieces in a foreign language?

[Penny Golden]

Others will help you.  I don't speak those languages, but Italian 
with its 24 letters and few rules ought to be easy enough for you, 
familiar as you are with Romance languages.
There is german both contracted and uncontracted.  all our german 
stuff was in uncontracted braille in high school. I didn't take it, 
but I knew the umaluts or learned them so I could give quizes to my 
fellow students on spelling the German words.
Hadley used to teach the German with contracted braille right from 
the beginning.  I know this because a friend of ours took it from an 
instructor whom I knew then. You can learn the pronunciation and the 
reading if you're a competent braille reader with some 
diligence.   Others will have better info.
And there are available German singing records, where you hear the 
man or speaker say the word or phrase.  As you imitate the sounds, 
you'll soon be singing your lieder with as little accent as possible.
I used to have a friend who always told me that I ought to learn to 
read German so that I could read Goethe in the original.  I wish I 
had obeyed her friendly remonstrations when I was young.
Now I'm old.  but you'll get lots of help in these things. if you 
read braille, you can manage both the Deutsch and the Italian.
Blessings of the New Year,
Penny.
At 06:55 PM 12/28/2010, you wrote:
>Hi,
>Although I took some French in junior high and a year of Spanish in 
>high school, I mainly worked via audio for these classes.
>I will be taking Hadley's courses in Spanish and French to 
>familiarize myself with reading both languages in Braille. What can 
>I do about such languages as German and Italian? Are there paterns 
>used to learn and read these languages in Braille?
>Also, if anyone has ideas on the IPA in Braille I'd appreciate those as well.
>Thanks in advance, and have a great day!
>
>In Christ, Miranda
>
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