[musictlk] New to the List and looking for a volunteer transcriptionist

[Linda Mentink]

Hi Jewel,

Welcome.

You could take a course in braille music reading from Hadley School 
for the Blind. It's free, and I know the instructor personally. Once 
you are enrolled as a student, and you enroll in the course, you will 
receive the materials in braille. I assume you are proficient in 
literary braille. You can send your answers via email or snail mail.

As for finding a volunteer braille music transcriber, that's asking a 
lot. Why is it that some blind people expect something for free, and 
expect that blind people will accommodate them? I'm not a 
transcriber, but, if I were, I'd want to be paid for my time and 
paper. If you want a service done, you should be willing to pay 
someone for it. Blind people have bills to pay. There may be someone 
here who will do it for you; I don't know.

I wish you the best in your endeavors to learn these different 
instruments. I'm sure you won't find free ones, though.

Blessings,

Linda

At 03:55 AM 3/30/2015, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>I hope I find you all well and cheerful :) My name is Jewel Shuping. I
>am not a professional musician, but hope to better my abilities with
>voice and instrument through participation on this list for use in the
>SCA (the Society for Creative Anachronism)'s bardic arts. I currently
>sing halfway decent...I guess. I also play soprano and sopranino
>recorder, though I do not currently have a sopranino recorder. I would
>like to learn to play the plucked dulcimer, lyre, and other musical
>instrument s of the bygone years of the Middle Ages.
>I am also currently looking for a volunteer transcriptionist to
>transcribe some medieval and SCAdian music for me.
>Finally, I would like to know, please, what is the best book for
>learning Braille music? I know the bare minimums.
>Thank you; I realize that is a lot for one e-mail.
>Yours,
>Jewel