[musictlk] Braille music and rhythm

[Sarah Alawami]

I just on instinct know. I know like if I see 4 16th notes and I see what look like 4 8th notes I know it's 4 more 16th notes if I'm in 4/4 time and the measure keeps going and going.

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Sarah Alawami

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On Apr 17, 2011, at 7:35 PM, Julie McGinnity wrote:

> Hi everyone.
> 
> I have a question about reading and counting rhythms with braille
> music.  In our musicianship classes, we are currently working on the
> chapters with very small rhythmic values.  I have done pretty well so
> far at reading and counting the rhythms if I speak the beats as I'm
> reading.  But now I'm really having difficulties.  Braille music is
> weird when it comes to grouping(well, it is a little weird to begin
> with, but...)  Anyway, it's hard for me to figure out the groupings at
> first glance, and it is also very difficult to find the beats.  I am a
> voice major, so chances are I won't encounter rhythms like this very
> often, but I still need to know how to read them and figure them out
> quickly.  Any suggestions?
> 
> -- 
> Julie McG
> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
> Eyes for the Blind
> 
> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
> life."
> John 3:16
> 
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