[musictlk] A Musical Question
Linda Mentink
mentink at frontiernet.net
Tue Feb 21 00:14:37 UTC 2012
Hi all,
This note was sent to me, and I gave her a few ideas. Maybe someone
here can help her. If so, please write to Leyna directly. She lives
in New Zealand, and is on a list with me.
Blessings,
Linda
"Leyna" <leyna at actrix.co.nz>
My teacher is teaching me grade 6 theory. She is fully sighted and,
like all other students, wants to see if I understand concepts by
having me do the exercises. We are trying to come up with a way for
her to see my work but it is proving difficult. I have a good
knowledge of both print and braille music and would orally dictate to
her but there isn't enough time in the lesson as she teaches me
accordion as well. I would love to put this oral method into practise
at home if I could find someone who has enough musical knowledge. I
am considering recording my answers in digital format as a voice
recording. My teacher has also suggested using the computer, writing
the music as letter names. We tried this with the thirst exercise
which was about realising figured bass. As you can imagine, we ran
into all sorts of problems such as the use of different programs and
the way it was set out. I also find both the recording and computer
writing tedious as unlike a reader writer, there were things I
couldn't clarify such as wich octave and what bar.
I'm researching ideas where I could write in braille music and have
it translated electronically. I know there are such programs
available but can't find specifics and wonder if I can afford them.
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