[musictlk] question about posture

[Amy Billman]

I remember learning to read Braille using both index fingers as required,
and then by about age ten or so I just logically started reading with my
left hand and it's been that way ever since.
It wasn't something anybody had to teach me; it was just a natural thing.
And, it's a ton faster too whether you're reading for pleasure or
productivity.


Amy Billman
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-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rob Hudson
via musictlk
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:10 AM
To: Kaiti Shelton; Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] question about posture

I learned to read braille only with one finger. Drove my instructors batty 
and I got all kinds of notes sent home about how uncooperative I was being 
(I was about six years old at the time.) I stuck with it, however, and I got

to be very fast that way. About the only time I needed two hands was map 
reading. The one finger method I use is also very good with single line 
braille displays, especially on those eighteen cell models. The two handed 
method doesn't work very well with those, because you're getting in your own

way.
Sadly, I never learned to read music. I play guitar and it's physically 
impossible to play your guitar and read music, unless you have three hands 
or can read with your toes. On a side note, I heard of someone who could do 
that. I'm not entirely sure it wasn't a joke, though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kaiti Shelton via musictlk" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Kelsey Nicolay" <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com>; "Music Talk Mailing List" 
<musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] question about posture


> Pauleen, you can just use a standard music stand to hold the braille
> music.  A choir program should have them on-hand.  Like Linda and I
> have stated before, all you have to do is flip the stand around or
> flatten it (sighted readers will keep the stand mostly vertical with a
> slight tilt so the page is held in front of them).  Modifying the
> stand angle to make it comfortable for a braille reader is pretty
> easy, and can be done in a variety of ways to suit the person's
> preference.
>
> I would highly encourage you to learn to read braille with one hand.
> I have to say that I had a TVI who was a stickler about the 2-hand
> method, but when it came to music and I had to hold the braille
> against one arm (usually my left like I would carry a book), and read
> with my right, I got to be pretty fast and accurate about it.  Now I
> read everything only with my right hand, and find that the left just
> gets in the way and slows me down.  If you're reading a straight line,
> there really is no reason why you would need your left hand to track.
> This can be especially useful when you can use your left hand to make
> page turns, and can therefore reduce the amount of time you fall
> behind the choir as you keep singing.
>
> On 11/18/14, Kelsey Nicolay via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I have tried holding the Braille, but it's just too difficult.  I
>> need both hands to read.
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