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Mon Feb 11 03:14:51 UTC 2013

i would rather forget how to read music and play music based on what sounds good to me. 
 i write music to have a good time and of corse for other people to enjoy.
Timothy 
 Your friend in the music industry 
 http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com 
 7244011224

On Feb 10, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Kaiti Shelton wrote:

> 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
>> http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
>> 7244011224
>> 
>> 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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