[musictlk] Music theory books in braille and fun for sighted kids

[Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶]

    Hi Rachel,

Glad to see someone from Canada. I went to a Canadian international high 
school in China.

I wonder if CNIB sell or loan books to blind musicians outside of Canada. I 
am currently living in Stockholm, Sweden, and wish to purchase some flute 
music sheets in Braille.

Look forward to your reply.

Regards,
Crystal
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From: "Music Library" <Music.Library at cnib.ca>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:26 PM
Subject: [musictlk] Music theory books in braille and fun for sighted kids


> Hello!
> I'm a Librarian at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) 
> where we have a large collection of sheet music written in the Braille 
> music code. Several users of this collection are blind piano teachers, who 
> often teach sighted students and use braille transcriptions of teaching 
> books, such as the Piano Adventures series by Faber & Faber.  I am 
> contacting you to ask if you know of any theory books that are enjoyable 
> for kids to use, e.g. include illustrations, but have enough text in them 
> that they could be understood only by the text, including music notes? We 
> find that the 2nd edition of the Piano Adventures Theory book is extremely 
> challenging for braille because of the difficulty of describing some of 
> the visual activities. I would really appreciate knowing about any other 
> theory books that are fun yet educational.
>
> Thank you in advance for any title suggestions you could provide. I look 
> forward to hearing from you.
>
> Rachel Breau
> Content and Access Librarian
> CNIB Library
>
>
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> the importance of caring for their eyes in order to eliminate avoidable 
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> Optometrists for partnering with CNIB to encourage Ontarians to get their 
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> sensibiliser les gens ? l'importance qui doit ?tre accord?e aux soins 
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> s'est associ?e ? INCA pour inciter les Ontariens ? subir un examen de la 
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