[musictlk] Returning Member

Mon Feb 11 02:55:30 UTC 2013

Hi all,

Linda and Penny are right.  It is important to keep in mind that not
all students will want to learn by wrote, especially if they're
sighted.  Of course learning by ear and learning how to quickly play
something just by hearing it and figuring it out on your own are
important skills for any musician to learn, but in the process of
learning these skills aren't usually emphasized until college.  The
foundations, like teaching the student how to read music and play
what's on the page, lay the building blocks for everything else that
follows.  If you're going to be a good music teacher learning how to
read braille music and teach the basics of braille or print notation
is necessary.  Any musician has to learn the rules before they can
break them, and as a teacher you'd want to help your students through
both parts of that learning process.

Especially if you have a blind student, teaching braille music is
extremely important because you want to enable them to study music on
their own, join other ensembles outside of your lessons and access
their music for those groups, or even attend college as a music major
should they choose to do so.  I have tremendous gratitude for both my
blind and sighted music teachers throughout the years who promoted the
use of braille music, (and oddly enough my sighted private teacher was
the one who put the most momentum behind helping me learn because she
realized that I would need music literacy in college).  Almost all
sighted students can learn print notation in some way, but with the
shortage of tvi's that know or are willing to teach the music code it
is important that those of us who do know it serve as teachers and
help to promote it's use.  It provides students with so many
opportunities.

On 2/10/13, Timothy Clark Music <timothyclarkmusic at me.com> wrote:
> correct.
>  i don't know how to read it.
>  i show people with words and such. you don't always need to know how to
> read music to show someone something but yes, it's a pluss.
> Timothy
>  Your friend in the music industry
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>
> On Feb 10, 2013, at 3:40 AM, Penny Golden wrote:
>
>>
>> And, of course, it would be nice to know how to read braille music if you
>> want to teach your student, blind or sighted, how to read.
>>
>> On 2/9/2013 11:58 PM, Timothy Clark Music wrote:
>>> linda, i don't know that you need to know braille music in order to teach
>>> others how to play but yeah, you should  know it if you want to brush up
>>> on theory, skels and such.
>>> Timothy
>>>  Your friend in the music industry
>>>  http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
>>>  7244011224
>>>
>>> On Feb 10, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Linda Mentink wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, Anita, I mean braille music. If you're going to be a good music
>>>> teacher, you'll need to be proficient in braille music, and have a
>>>> thorough knowledge of print music notation as well so that you can teach
>>>> the sighted student how to read music, as well as how to play.
>>>>
>>>> Blessings,
>>>>
>>>> Linda
>>>>
>>>> At 05:18 AM 2/4/2013, you wrote:
>>>>> Good morning!
>>>>>
>>>>> I just want to thank everyone that has respondeed to my email.
>>>>> Your suggestions are very helpful.
>>>>>
>>>>> To I want to teach piano.  I am going to need to brush up on a lot but
>>>>> I remember the scales and chords.  So I am going to check into some
>>>>> courses to get what I will need.
>>>>>
>>>>> Linda mentioned that I am going to need Braille.  Do you mean a course
>>>>> in Braille music? I know that NLS offers something in that but if there
>>>>> are other courses I will appreciate knowing that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you all and God bless.
>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: Timothy Clark Music<timothyclarkmusic at me.com
>>>>>> To: Music Talk Mailing List<musictlk at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Date sent: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:52:42 -0500
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Returning Member
>>>>>> i am a musician and i'm working on my EP that will be sent to my
>>>>> contacts in the music industry.
>>>>>> check my site and contact information below.
>>>>>> god bless you all.
>>>>>> Timothy
>>>>>> Your friend in the music industry
>>>>>> http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
>>>>>> 7244011224
>>>>>> On Feb 3, 2013, at 10:38 PM, Linda Mentink wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Anita,
>>>>>>> Welcome back.
>>>>>>> It will depend on what music you want to teach.  If you're
>>>>> planning to teach sighted students, you will need a working knowledge
>>>>> of print music.  If you're going to teach piano, you'll need your
>>>>> course in Braille so that you can help your students with note reading,
>>>>> rhythm, fingering, etc.  So, firstly, decide what you want to teach.
>>>>> You don't necessarily need a college degree or college classes, but you
>>>>> must be proficient yourself before you teach someone else.  Set your
>>>>> price, call music stores in your area and let the people there know
>>>>> you're available, tell your church members.  Just a few suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Blessings,
>>>>>>> Linda
>>>>>>> At 04:23 PM 2/3/2013, you wrote:
>>>>>>>> Good afternoon.
>>>>>>>> It has been a while since I was on this list.  I have a
>>>>> question.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am interested in teaching music lessons from my home.  What
>>>>> would ow need to do in order to get this done? Will I need to take
>>>>> classes from a college?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I took music lessons when I was very young from a professional
>>>>> teacher who also was blind so I actually learned using braille.
>>>>>>>> I also ply by ear, which I now realize isn't as good as I'd like
>>>>> it to be.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any advice or suggestions is welcomed.
>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>> Anita
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