[MusicTlk] Newbie Intro

[shanahanw1983 at gmail.com]

Hello,

My name is Shannon and I'm from Ontario Canada. I've always loved music from
a young age and took piano lessons as a young child. When I was in high
school I learned to play the flute and still play today in a local concert
band. When learning piano and the flute I was able to use very large printed
music to learn all the theory and notes and such but now my vision has
changed and I'm having to find new ways of learning new pieces. I used to
have a fellow band mate input the flute music into MuseScore so that I could
learn it that way and have another friend who records the part as an mp3 on
piano so I can learn the notes and phrasing. I need to find some new ways of
learning the music though because the person who used MuseScore can't do it
anymore so all I have is the mp3 recordings. I've started looking at braille
music as an option as well as Dancing Dots software. It looks like Dancing
Dots is a bit out of my price range and it looks like getting Braille music
from my local blindness organization (CNIB) will take a long time. I was
wondering what other people use for learning new pieces if you don't have
perfect pitch? Also what tools can I use during practice so that when our
director asks us to start at a certain bar of music I can quickly reference
where they're starting from and play along? Also if anyone knows of any
flute tutorials or instructional material that is accessible I'm always
looking for things like that. As I live in Canada, I do not have access to
NLS so it's a bit more difficult for me to find instructional and practice
material.  Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Shannon