[MusicTlk] guitar braille music question

[Sandra Gayer]

Hello,
I'm a Braille Music Teacher and I'll echo what has already been said.

Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 7/26/20, Julia LaGrand via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Sorry, I am unfamiliar with this book. I would interpret that first chunk as
> a C, the fourth below the C, and the sixth below the C (or above, I'm not
> sure because at least in piano it depends on some other contextual things).
> Then, I would interpret the next C being played with the third AND fifth
> above (or below) it. If it were above, the chords would be a half bar of F
> major in second inversion, then a half bar of C major in root position. If
> it means below, then it will be a C major chord in first inversion, followed
> by an F major chord in root position. Again, I'm really not the person to
> ask here, as this is a lot of guessing. My gut would be that the C is the
> top note of the chord, corresponding with my second idea of two chords
> accordingly.
> Thanks,
> Julia On Jul 24, 2020 5:28 PM, BlindEducator <blindeducator at outlook.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Ms. LaGrand,
>>
>> This does help some. If I may on asking a follow up question. Before,
>> May be it might help better if I give the source of the music. The book
>> I'm reading is "A Modern Method for Guitar" by William G. Leavitt. The
>> piece in question is "Sea to Sea."
>>
>>
>> It is written as follow:
>>
>> 1  dots 4,5 which I know is the fifth octave. Then it has half C
>> immediately followed by dots 3,4,5,6 and 3.5.6 another half C and dots
>> 3,4,6 with 3.5. Then there's a space for the next measure I understand
>> the interval signs thanks for your explaination. But what does the 3,4,6
>> or 3,4,5,6 signs mean before the interval signs? And how would you play
>> them? Also there is one part that has a half A with dots 1,2 followed by
>> 3,4,6 followed by dot 2 then 3,5,6. Again, any assistance someone may be
>> able to provide, will be very much appreciated. Thank you.
>>
>> On 7/23/2020 8:42 PM, Julia LaGrand via MusicTlk wrote:
>> > I don't know all that much about braille music, especially guitar music,
>> > so this is probably not helpful, but in violin music those symbols are
>> > intervals.
>> > Dots 3-4-6 is a third, dots 3-5 is a fifth, dots 3-5-6 is a sixth, and
>> > dots 3-4-5-6 is a fourth. They can be stacked to make chords. You may
>> > already know this and this may be a totally different use. Someone
>> > should probably verify this, but that is my understanding from a
>> > violinist's perspective.
>> > Hope that helps and I'm sorry if it doesn't!
>> > Julia On Jul 23, 2020 10:12 PM, BlindEducator via MusicTlk
>> > <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >> Hi, I recently came across a braille music book for guitar. It is one
>> >> from the NLS database. I had it converted into braille, but the only
>> >> thing is that it is in EBAE rather then in UEB. With that shared, I
>> >> have
>> >> come across a couple of braille symbols that the book does not discuss.
>> >>
>> >> these symbols. Can anybody help me. The symbols are as follow.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> dots 3 4 6 followed by dots 3 and 5 or sometimes. dots 3 4 6 followed
>> >> by
>> >> 3 5 and 6.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The other symbol is dots 3 4 5 6 followed by dots 3 and 5 or dots 3 4 5
>> >>
>> >> 6 followed by 3 5 6.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> These symbols show up at the end of measures if this helps. Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
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