[MusicTlk] Obtaining Braille Scores

[Ella Yu]

Hi Kelby, For choral music, it really depends on what you're trying to get.
Mind you, I am not a choral person at all, but especially for choral stuff
I imagine there can often be various arrangements of different songs and
such, and since musescore.com is a user upload site, you'll likely end up
spending some time making sure you got the correct version of the song. If
your choir director already uses notation software, ask them to send XMLs
directly to you.

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM Kelby Carlson <kelbycarlson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I actually have used Choral Public Domain Library, but the problem with
> their XML files is some of them don't have words... which is obviously
> pretty important if you're a vocalist. Musescore is a good idea though, I
> will have to look into that.
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM Ella Yu via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello, Can you tell us what kind of music you're looking for and for what
>> instrument? The answer can change somewhat depending on what you need.
>> musescore.com is definitely a good suggestion, but bare in mind the
>> quality does vary because it's a community upload site. Public domain music
>> can be downloaded with a free account, only copyrighted works require a
>> subscription.
>>
>> > On Oct 24, 2025, at 8:27 AM, Linda Mentink via MusicTlk <
>> musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Good morning Kelby and all,
>> >
>> > This question brings to mind something I've been thinking about for a
>> while. I am a Soprano, but I no longer sing solos or participate in choral
>> groups. I have a four-drawer file cabinet almost full of music that I
>> brailled for myself while in college and in my earlier adult life. I also
>> have choral music professionally transcribed on thermoform, again for
>> Soprano. It would take me a long time to make a list of all I have, but
>> please contact me if you are looking for something. If I have it and you
>> need it, it's yours. Contact" me off list, of course.
>> >
>> > Blessings,
>> >
>> > Linda
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Oct 24, 2025 6:32 AM, Kelby Carlson via MusicTlk <
>> musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I assume since it's 2025, NLS can't be the only place that we can get
>> Braille scores. I'm not in school, so unfortunately getting things
>> transcribed that way isn't an option. What other resources are out there,
>> if any? I'd include places with decent music XML files, since there is
>> software to at least convert them into rough-and-ready scores (and since
>> I'm a vocalist, that's close enough.)
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Kelby
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