[MusicTlk] Aid to Participation in Music Ensembles

[BillList1]

Congratulations to Patrick G. and others who have broken into mainstream
music ensembles.  It can be done.

It is a good practice to contact music publishers to let them know that you
have a legal copy of the music you need to learn but, since you are visually
impaired, you could benefit from receiving the score as a MusicXML file.  

These days, most composers and arrangers use some kind of notation editor
software such as Finale or Sibelius.  These programs can export the entire
score or selected parts to MusicXML.  Some publishers have supplied some of
our customers with MusicXML versions of scores on request.

Our own music notation editor, Lime, can import MusicXML and render it
immediately accessible as a talking score, in braille music notation via
GoodFeel, or as magnified print music via the Lime Lighter feature.  You
have the option to play the score back in tempo to a metronomic click so you
can play along to test your memory.

Anyone interested to know more and to try an evaluation copy of the software
can write me off-list at my info at DancingDots.com address.

Bill McCann
Dancing Dots

P. S.  I used Lime to create both the print and braille parts to my silly
song about the blind guy who dreams of his first solo ride in his
self-driving "Google Car." 

See links below to access the video and to download the braille part and
sing along.

Video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F53G3Z4nQl4

Braille for voice part with lyrics:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yclhsuc03zxpezz/The%20Glorious%20Dream%2C%20Ballad
%20of%20the%20Google%20Car%20%28voice%20part%29.brf?dl=1


-----Original Message-----
From: MusicTlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Patrick
Gormley via MusicTlk
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 11:28 AM
To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Patrick Gormley
Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] MusicTlk Digest, Vol 162, Issue 2

I've been principal trumpet in the Allegany symphony orchestra for 13 years.
Most community orchestras use arrangements by either j.w. pepper or warner
brothers.  Youtube can also be your friend as well for arrangements not
available from j.w.pepper.  In fact in 2005 when I joined the symphony up
here, I literally joined the symphony 3 days before our Christmas concert
and didn't miss a beat.  As far as bands go, I played in Miami's concert
band in lieu of their marching band since if we marched we sort of did it as
an afterthought.  Nowadays, people are trained to march from a young age.
Concert band might be an option.