[musictlk] help with music

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
I really suggest you get an introduction to music for the blind student. 
It will really help to explain most of this stuff to you.
It is hard to write out concepts without being there to show you. An 
introduction to music for the blind student does a great job of 
describing without a teacher, but it has the advantage of having 
examples in Braille and music to show you.
Without fail, a major scale is the same on every instrument. They start 
at different places, but when you play C or Bb on your instrument, you 
will always have 7 notes that are:
whole whole half whole whole whole half
step away from one another.
So, we know a C major scale is:
CDEFGABC,
just put in the intervals inbetween those notes and you will see where 
there is a problem:
C whole, D whole, E half, F whole...
With a Bb instrument, like a clarinet, you still have the same intervals 
between the steps, but if you had perfect pitch, you would hear a Bb 
when you play a written C on the page. Because you can also play a major 
scale off of Bb, this system works. Instead of hearing
cdefgab
you hear
BbcdEbfga
I don't have my computer with my Braille writing software on it, but you 
can call NLS and get signed up, then request nursery rhymes. You could 
also ask a Braille music transcriber if they would be so kind as to send 
you some pop songs. There is also a great site:
http://www.primavistamusic.com/content.php?id=8
You can buy sheet music for no more than a sighted person spends.
Other than that, ask your teacher to explain this.
Thanks,

On 12/18/2013 4:19 PM, marissa wrote:
>
> Ok, but I thought a whole step is a
> c d e f g
> instead of
> c d-sharp, f, g-sharp
> I did that wrong
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linda Mentink <mentink at frontiernet.net
> To: Music Talk Mailing List <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:12:15 -0600
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] help with music
>
> Obviously, you're confused.  Every key on the piano is a half step.  E
> to F-sharp is a whole step.  B-flat to C is a whole step.  There is a
> key on the piano skipped in both cases.
>
> At 05:47 PM 12/18/2013, you wrote:
>
> Wouldn't that be a half step?
> So a c on piano would be a d or a d-flat on clarinet?
> I'm confused.
> Is there a chart somewhere?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linda Mentink <mentink at frontiernet.net
> To: Music Talk Mailing List <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:15:14 -0600
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] help with music
>
> Hi Marissa,
>
> The clarinet pitch is a whole step higher than the piano.  B-flat on
> the piano is C on the clarinet.  E natural on the piano will be
> F-sharp on the clarinet.
>
> I don't know the answers to your other questions.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
> At 10:18 PM 12/17/2013, you wrote:
>
> So I just downloaded this file today from a site.  Does it show up
> as braille music? At all?
>
> I have some other questions too.
> Where can I get free music to download, that I can actually read
> once embossed?
> For transposing music, is it a half step up from piano to clarinet,
> or is it a full step?
> If it is a full step, I tried it with a concert b-flat scale and
> the  f-sharp on on clarinet matches the e on piano, shouldn't it be
> an f natural?
> All for now: thanks
>
>
>
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