[MusicTlk] How to create an accessible practice chart (Margaret Denton)

Sun May 17 14:30:29 UTC 2026

I'm not sure what a practice chart is, but it sounds like a job for a spreadsheet, if you are at all comfortable with Excel or something like that.
Tracy

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Tara, this is a great way to motivate both of you for practicing! Maybe you could use a pill organizer that has spaces for a month of pills organized by day of the week. I'm thinking you could each place some sort of small token to represent the amount of time you practiced (pennies, dimes, etc. if you still have any of those physical coins around).

Margaret Denton, piano

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> Dear collective wisdom! My daughter, a violinist, and I, a flutist, are having a 105 day practice competition. Does anyone know how I can create an accessible practice chart for myself? My daughter is sighted and drew one up on a piece of paper. It’s flat! Any tips  or ideas on how I can create a blind friendly practice chart would be great!!
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> Dear Tara,
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> Thanks for asking your question here,
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> I don't really know the answers, but if I may suggest. As a fellow 
> msuician, I never, ever had to deal with this issue because well, I 
> always practice on my own terms, from my own timelines and out of my 
> own memory, listen to recordings, ETC.
>
> If I were you, I would ask my favorite AI chat bot to define and 
> coneptualize the ideal practice chart situation, and then use 
> something like a Perkins Braillewriter, slate / stylus, note app or 
> something that you can realize your accessible practice chart. Yo may 
> even ask the chat bot to help with this, just do not expect AI to be 
> competent in Braille yet. :)
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>> Dear collective wisdom! My daughter, a violinist, and I, a flutist, are having a 105 day practice competition. Does anyone know how I can create an accessible practice chart for myself? My daughter is sighted and drew one up on a piece of paper. It’s flat! Any tips  or ideas on how I can create a blind friendly practice chart would be great!!
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> Hi,
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> Maybe you could create one on your phone using the Notes app? That way both of you and your daughter have something equally accessible.
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> Elizabeth
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>> On May 16, 2026, at 11:01 PM, Humberto via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Dear Tara,
>>
>>
>> Thanks for asking your question here,
>>
>> I don't really know the answers, but if I may suggest. As a fellow msuician, I never, ever had to deal with this issue because well, I always practice on my own terms, from my own timelines and out of my own memory, listen to recordings, ETC.
>>
>> If I were you, I would ask my favorite AI chat bot to define and 
>> coneptualize the ideal practice chart situation, and then use 
>> something like a Perkins Braillewriter, slate / stylus, note app or 
>> something that you can realize your accessible practice chart. Yo may 
>> even ask the chat bot to help with this, just do not expect AI to be 
>> competent in Braille yet. :)
>>
>>
>> Sent from my thunderbird Mail, proudly running on Linux!!!
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>>> On 5/16/26 20:32, Tara Briggs via MusicTlk wrote:
>>> Dear collective wisdom! My daughter, a violinist, and I, a flutist, are having a 105 day practice competition. Does anyone know how I can create an accessible practice chart for myself? My daughter is sighted and drew one up on a piece of paper. It’s flat! Any tips  or ideas on how I can create a blind friendly practice chart would be great!!
>>> —
>>> Tara Briggs
>>> Check out my podcast, Crip Parenting on your podcast platform of choice.
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