[musictlk] Learning to read music

[Linda Mentink]

Jenny, the print music is so different from the braille code, but 
here are the basics.

There is a bass clef and a treble clef, consisting of five lines and 
four spaces each, with a line with a space on either side between. 
The bottom line of the bass clef is the second G from the bottom on 
the piano. The lines go up in thirds: B, D, F, and A in the Bass 
clef. Middle C is the line between the cleffs. The treble clef starts 
with E above middle C as the bottom line, and goes up in thirds: G, 
B, D, and F. The spaces are the notes I skipped. Both cleffs together 
are called a staff.

In print, the note shapes are different, and are placed on the 
correct line or space for the note needed, and the stems or flags go 
up or down, depending on the voice part.. The note shapes determine 
the note value.

The braille music code uses octaves, and each note has a different 
dot combination to determine it. The basic is the braille alphabet 
beginning with D for C eighth. The eight notes are in order, with J 
being B eighth. The quarter notes add dot 6 to the eight note dots, 
the half notes add dot 3, and the whole note adds both dots 3 and 6.

That's a start for you.

Unless you're going to be a music teacher of sighted students, I 
wouldn't worry about learning how print music is laid out and written.

HTH.

Blessings, Linda.

At 04:08 PM 11/14/2013, you wrote:
>Hi Sandra,
>
>Yes, but first I should learn how to read music, then learn how to 
>read it in braille. Are there any resources out there where I can 
>learn the fundamentals?
>
>Jen
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Sandra Gayer
>Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 4:56 PM
>To: Music Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [musictlk] Learning to read music
>
>Hello Jen,
>Do you mean you want to learn how to read Braille Music? If so, there
>are several elements to it. If you just want to learn the Braille
>Music Code, there are various beginner books available from libraries.
>For example, Who's afraid of braille music? by Richard Taesch and
>William R. McCann. If you want to learn how to sight read and play and
>sing pieces of music from a Braille Score, you'll need to learn voice
>and ear co-ordination which is how you build your inner Walkman. That
>is what helps you read a piece of music and hear it unfold in your
>head as if you're listening to a recording of it. You will need a
>teacher for this because you can't learn this skill from a book. When
>I teach Braille Music, I focus on this second element the most.
>
>I hope you found some of this helpful.
>Very best wishes,
>Sandra.
>
>On 11/14/13, Jennifer Aberdeen <freespirit328 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Hi list,
>>
>>Where can I go to start learning how to read music?
>>
>>I thought the Hadley School For The Blind had music courses, but they don't,
>>so now I don't know where to look.
>>
>>I couldn't find anything at the BARD website either.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Jen
>>
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