[musictlk] Learning Band Musics

Cindy Garcia ccgarcia2005 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 9 03:55:59 UTC 2011


Hi my name is Cindy, and I believe I might be able to give you two salutions to this dilemma. First, I know that there are braille transcribers who transcribe music of any sort, if you know braille music notation of course. I believe the topic index on the Nfb site, has a list of braille transcribers. You would need to check on pricing as well, because some of the transcribers charge per page, or something along those lines.
Finally, you could call the national library service (Nls) they have an extensive music department, and I sure that if they did not have what you were looking for, they would be happy to point you to the right person to contact.

I hope this has helped you in some way. I needed to look for these kinds of things my self, when it comes to music, because i am majoring in music. Vocal performance, specifically. Good luck to you, and happy playing. Please contact me if I may be able to help you in any way. Thank you for your time, and attention.

Cindy C Garcia
Chapter secretary,
Nfb of Texas, San antonio chapter

  
On Sat Oct 8th, 2011 4:38 PM CDT kwakmiso at aol.com wrote:

>Hi all,
>I am a flute player who is involved in high school wind ensemble.
>I have been playing with sighted peers since middle school.
>Previously, I learned my parts solely by listening. When musics were simple enough, I could just sit with my section for a few days and just know what to play.
>When difficulty of musics increased I started having parts where I was not too sure what was right so I asked my band director or someone in my section to help me out. I would ask so I can be clear on rhythm, notes, etc.
>This year I am in wind ensemble at my school and musics are quite challenging.
>Also I am playing flute 2 parts so not everything is melodic and audable through recordings of musics.
>What I would like to ask is is there any way I can obtain braille version of my parts?
>I know that there is dancing dot software that can produce braille music, but I don't know it very well and I don't think I will be able to purchase it.
>Could you let me know if you know any blind band director?
>
>Just fyi, I am playing following musics for this semester in the wind ensemble:
>1. Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance
>2. Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed
>3. Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold
>
>According to my band director, all three musics are wellknown pieces among wind ensembles, so I am wondering if it's in Braille. (?)
>
>I was able to obtain recordings of all pieces so I listen to them constantly but not all flute parts are audable and memorizable just by listening.
>
>I would appreciate any help relating to this.
>
>Miso Kwak
>
>
>
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