[musictlk] Piano questions..?

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi Joseph,

The Hadley School for the Blind has a great braille music course you
can sign up for.  Just go through their online catalogue and sign up
as you would for any other course.

There is also a great book called How to Read Braille Music which
provides basics of the code.  It's what I started out on and it's very
easy to read.
You can also join another list, The Music Education Network for the
Visually Impaired (Menvi).  Their site is menvi.org.  The entire list
is related to braille music and issues specific to blind musicians.
Check it out.

HTH

On 1/23/13, Sheri Beth Wells-Jensen <swellsj at bgsu.edu> wrote:
> Another cry in favor of Braille music:
>
> I also find I have a dismaying ability to totally forget music: this usually
> happens about thirty seconds before I have to play an introduction! *smile*
> so, it's nice to be able to quickly read the first line of the score to
> refresh myself... better than having the drummer whisper-sing it at you
> while you stall for time!
>
> Sheri
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
> Shelton
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:00 PM
> To: Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Piano questions..?
>
> Hi Joseph,
>
> Braille Music is extremely beneficial if you know it.  However, as a
> music major in piano lessons I typically have my instructor record in
> three steps:
> 1.  Record the left hand.
> 2.  Record the right hand.
> 3. Record together so you know how the piece is supposed to sound like.
> These all don't have to be separate files, they could be the same one
> with just a few seconds in between each take.  You could memorize or
> write down the starting points for the right hand and the full piece.
> If you have a decent recording device it should be able to pick up
> some of the nuances, but it is always a good idea to have the
> instructor describe dynamic markings as they go.  A good strategy for
> this is to take the few seconds between hand recordings or at the very
> end of the file to have your instructor give you dynamic tips like,
> "There's a crescendo at measure 8, and you decrescendo after measure
> 12."  That way you get all the details.
>
> I'd highly recommend learning braille music though.  Recordings are
> great, and it's awesome that some instructors are willing to be so
> verbally descriptive, but braille gives you concrete solid notes to go
> by.  I like to use a combination of recordings and braille.
> Recordings help me learn music more quickly, but I can use the music
> to correct any notes I may have heard incorrectly, remind myself of
> articulations, etc.
>
> HTH.
>
> On 1/23/13, vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Joseph,
>> I don't know if you know music Braille, but I also have a sighted
>> instructor, and he learned first and is now teaching me.
>> Another thing that I found helpful was to record a new piece.
>> That way when I'm practicing, then I can listen to the recording
>> and know what's in my left and right hands.
>> HTH
>> Vejas
>>
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joseph Wehberg III" <jwehberg at gmail.com
>> To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:58:17 -0500
>> Subject: [musictlk] Piano questions..?
>>
>> Hello All,
>> I am taking piano lessons at my local college.  I am working with
>> a sighted instructor.  Does the group have any tips or ideas that
>> might make this a super easy semester for the both of us?  My
>> instructor is very willing to work with my blindness and
>> couldn't be nicer.
>> Thank You All,
>> Joseph Wehberg
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