[MusicTlk] hello

Sat May 26 02:46:48 UTC 2018

Braille  music has key signatures that is how you can tell if the pieces tou be played in major or minor. There are also signs for accidentals. But it’s been a long time since I’ve read it so I can’t remember what all that is. Don’t you guys wish that you could just talk to Louis Braille? If I could meet anybody in history that’s who I would meet.

Tara

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> On May 25, 2018, at 8:33 PM, Darnell Johnson via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Oh. I see. So how do you make a miner note?
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>> On May 25, 2018, at 10:24 PM, Linda Mentink via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Darnell, Do is the first note of whatever key you're singing or playing in.  There is a different Braille symbol not only for each note, but for each note value or rest.  The C scale in eighth notes is c dots 1-4-5; d dots 1-5; e dots 1-2-4; f dots 1-2-4-5; g dots 1-2-5; a dots 2-4; and b dots 2-4-5.  Add dot 6 to make quarter notes.  Add dot 3 to make half notes.  Add dots 3-6 to make whole or 16th notes.  Fun stuff!
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Darnell Johnson via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
>> To: Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians <musictlk at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 25 May 2018 22:02:26 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] hello
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>> So, let me get this streight.  D is Doe in music braille, which equals middle C.  I mean I play by ear.  So I learn the songs as I hear them.  But I'm still showing interest in learning music braille.
>> 
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>> On May 25, 2018, at 9:46 PM, Chris Nusbaum via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi All:
>> 
>> If I remember correctly, I read in Richard Taesch's Braille music course that, at its core, the Braille music code is based on the solfege scale.  In this case, Ella's theory would make sense—that is, d represents middle C in the C major scale because middle C is always "do" in the solfege system.  However, as we all know, solfege varies depending on the key.  D is "do" in D major, C is "so" in F major, etc.  Yet, no matter the key, the note symbols remain consistent.  I've always wished the note symbols in Braille music would correspond with their literary counterparts, as I think the present system is very confusing to new readers, even if they are experienced in reading Braille.  But whatever the reason, that's the way it's always been, and I don't expect that it will change anytime soon.  Incidentally, a friend of mine suspects that Louis Braille, a Frenchman through and through, simply had a little too much wine the night he wrote the rules for Braille music.  So I suppose we can throw that theory into the mix if we're only speculating.  LOL!
>> 
>> Chris Nusbaum
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>> On May 25, 2018, at 9:10 PM, Ella Yu via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Maybe he used d for C.  D stands for "doe", which equals C.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Linda Mentink via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
>> To: Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians <musictlk at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 25 May 2018 19:48:22 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] hello
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>> Hi Debra,
>> 
>> Welcome to the list.
>> 
>> I'm not sure we know why Louis Braille decided that eighth notes
>> should be written as they are.  He had to start somewhere.  It
>> would not make sense to start with the letter a for a eighth, b
>> for b eighth, and c for c eighth.  Those first letters of the
>> literary Braille alphabet are used for other things: first
>> finger, second finger and slur respectively.  Learn it as it is,
>> as a code all its own.  Don't think of it as literary Braille
>> signs first, and you'll be OK.
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> 
>> Linda
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Debra Baxley via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
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>> Date sent: Fri, 25 May 2018 11:00:11 -0500
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>> Why did Louis Braille write eight notes with the dot numbers that
>> he
>> did?  I can find a pattern for braille every not value, such as
>> quarter notes add dot 6 to the eighth note, etc.; I can't find
>> the
>> pattern for the reason for brailling eighth notes as he did, even
>> though the Braille music system is supposed to be a logical
>> system.
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>> On 5/25/18, Chris Nusbaum via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
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>> Welcome, Debra! I think this list would be a perfect one to ask
>> questions
>> about braille music.  We have many very proficient readers on
>> here, as well
>> as some who teach the code.  Ask away!
>> 
>> Chris Nusbaum
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>> On May 25, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Debra Baxley via MusicTlk
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>> I am new to the list.
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>> I have som questions about the Music Braille code.  Is this the
>> list
>> to ask them?
>> 
>> Debra
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