[musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
Marissa
marissat789 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 30 03:21:00 UTC 2013
I have asked my friends to tell me the notes and give the time
signature to me and they say that it is difficult and how do they
describe the notes to me? I have three friends who are really
good at it, but I do not believe they have recorders. They
probly have a video camera, but I use an Apex all the time, so
that wouldn't work very well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com
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Date sent: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:24:30 -0600
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
Marissa,
It can be hard sometimes, I do understand that. Another thing
that some of us have done is to have a student who plays the same
part record it for us. When in college, it is even possible to
have that person
be considered a reader and have them get some pay. In high
school that option is not quite as easy, although it might be
something that can be worked out. Another approach is to buy a
small recorder and
record from where you sit during rehearsals with your teacher's
permission. You probably sit near other students playing the
same part, so a recording would tend to get the entire band but
get your part clearer.
There may be other variations on this as well that might work for
you.
Again, learning braille music if one loves music and takes it
seriously is very important, and I encourage you to keep working
on that. I think others on this list who are more serious and
better musicians than I
will ever be, will probably confirm that we need to develop other
techniques as well to be successful. The technique that works
for each of us will vary with our particular tallent and
strength. There are ways
that the software Bill offers can sometimes fill gaps as well.
If you are talking with him off list as I think I read, he
probably has already talked about that with you or at least has
an idea if he has something that
might help. Sometimes we have to use our imaginations to
succeed, and it really doesn't matter if it is fair or not, it's
just the way it is. With imagination, we can do more than many
think we can, and sometimes
we even surprise ourselves.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
the Dancing Dots
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:02:15 -0800, Marissa wrote:
My teacher does not have the time to do things like that yet.
He's still new to teaching me as his first blind student.
Occationally, my friend and I would go into the practice room,
during class, and she'd help me out, but that was only sometimes.
We were very busy with learning the UCLA music to begin with.
The same went for my parade. Tecknically, I did not perform at
either one, because I get stomachaches easily from to much heat
while in a hot uniform. lol
But either way, would have had fake it anyhow. I did
in fact, have to fake it in the pep rally in school. It's
complicated really.
So my teacher, one of them, can read music. Mr. Sander's, my
band teacher, gave me the music and I gave it to Mrs. Florence,
who wrote the notes in. A kid in her class, (it is a class to
catch up on work, so not much to do there), read it to me and I
typed it out on my Perkin's brailler. But she is a teacher after
all, so does not have
time to do it always. I got YMC just in time and practiced some
of it, but didn't do that well if you want to know. lol
I feel bad for Mr. Sanders, because he is so new at teaching a
blind student, and not just teaching, teaching music for that
fact. He just gives the kids there music and has them sightread
it, but that obviously wouldn't work with me.
I'm hoping that he will go to my I.E.P. so I can talk to him
about things that would help both of us, if not, I'm going to
hunt him down at lunch. lol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com
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Date sent: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:28:16 -0600
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
Marissa,
I'm curious, why did you have to fake it at the Rose Bowl? Even
those of us who know braille music have been in the position
where we had to learn our part by ear, usually by having someone
play it on a
recorder of some type. I am all for braille music, but even
braille music takes extra preparation since it is generally not
easy to read and play as people do when they sight read, although
it is sometimes possible
depending upon the instrument.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:45:21 -0800, Marissa wrote:
Alright. I will email this to a teacher who will forward it to
my band teacher. Thanks, all.
Is there any other things that would help in band because it is
very annoying not having your music, especally when it is very
important, like performing at the Rose Bowl, which wasn't fun
because I didn't have music and had to fake it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu
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Date sent: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:46:54 +0000
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
I'll get them.
I haven't read Braille music since the fifth grade.
Blessings, Joshua
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From: musictlk [musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Bill
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Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 1:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
Is this program as difficult to work with as the books from
Hadley?
Degree of difficulty varies according to each person's level of
experience
with reading braille in general and understanding of music
theory. I
suggest that you borrow the books and decide for yourself.
Best,
Bill
----Original Message-----
From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Joshua
Lester
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 1:41 PM
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Is this program as difficult to work with as the books from
Hadley, on my
bookshelf?
Thanks, Joshua
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Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 12:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
Thank you, Joshua. Marissa and I have been corresponding
off-list. One of
the things I told her was that it is possible to borrow the
braille music
courses which Dancing Dots publishes from the Music Section of
the National
Library Service for the Blind. Qualified patrons may borrow
materials free
of charge for a period of up to 6 months. If you already receive
services
from your regional library for the blind, you will certainly
qualify to
borrow materials from the Music Section. Call 1-800-424-8567 to
reach the
Music Section. Ask to borrow braille music courses authored by
Richard
Taesch:
"An Introduction to Music for the Blind Student: A Course in
Braille Music
Reading", Part I
http://www.dancingdots.com/main/braillemusicinstruction.htm
Regards,
Bill McCann
President
Dancing Dots
-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Joshua
Lester
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 9:40 AM
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Yes.
Bill McCan is the founder of Dancing Dots.
I'll send you the Website off list.
Blessings, Joshua
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From: musictlk [musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Marissa
[marissat789 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 8:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
Who? And I need a free way. Is dancing dots free?
----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu
To: Music Talk Mailing List <musictlk at nfbnet.org Date sent: Fri,
29 Nov 2013
14:32:47 +0000
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
Hi Marissa.
Look at Dancing Dots and see if they can help you.
Bill McCan is on this list.
Thanks, Joshua
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From: musictlk [musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Marissa
[marissat789 at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 8:29 AM
To: Music Talk
Subject: [musictlk] Can anyone help me with braille music?
I want to learn to read braille music and to write braille music.
I am not able to get music for Band for some reason. I can't
read it. lol
I do not have a teacher who has time to help me with it, so I
need to learn
on my own time. If anyone has a music sheet with the symbols and
what they
are, that'd be great.
Meaning like this
(I know some of it, just can't write it)
d: halfnote for c
ed: quarter note for c
I probley got it wrong, but you get the idea. Thanks.
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