[nabs-l] Braille Music

[Lillie Pennington]

I may be wrong, but I think that guitar music should be like string music in cords and such. I don't play guitar personally, but the book I mentioned earlier may have some suggestions.

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> On Dec 27, 2013, at 11:09 PM, "Helga Schreiber" <helga.schreiber at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lillie, this is Helga. Thanks so much for the suggestions on how to learn to read Braille Music. I really don't know how to read Braille Music! I actually I'm learning how to play the guitar. By the way, I just wanted to ask you, is there a way on how to learn how to read Braille music while I'm learning how to play the guitar? Just curious!, since you mention that you play some notes on the piano. I'm actually know how to play notes, but I'm struggling a lot with the chords! Also,do you know where I can learn how to read notes and chords for the guitar in Braille Music? Just wondering. Thanks so much and God bless! :)
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Lillie Pennington
> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 10:52 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Music
> 
> What I did when learning Braille music was to read a note, such as a c
> eighth note, or just a c in general. I would either then hum that note or
> play it on the piano. I did this often enough for all the other notes in a
> major scale so that when I would come to that note in a piece of music that
> sound would come to me automatically.
> Another trick that I found helpful was learning the foundations in which the
> notes are built upon. Eighth notes are just one letter ahead of their
> corresponding letter in the alphabet, with the exception of a and b, which
> are I and J. Quarter notes are those eighth notes, but with a dot 6 added.
> Half notes are the eighth note with a dot 3 added. Hole notes and 16th notes
> are the eighth notes with a dot 3 and 6 added.
> I would recommend the book how to read Braille music as a resource for
> learning Braille music.
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> trising at sbcglobal.net
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:22 PM
> To: sandragayer7 at gmail.com; National Association of Blind Students mailing
> list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Music
> 
> Hello:
> 
>    I have a Master's Degree in Voice and also teach voice. I am a soprano
> as well and sing in two or three choirs, depending on the time of year. I
> also do as much solo work as possible. I would really like to learn Braille
> music. I read Braille at 300 words per minute and I have helped people
> improve their Braille reading speeds, but when I look at Braille music, what
> I feel is what the letter is supposed to be in real Braille and not in
> Braille music. For instance, I feel dots 1, 4, 5, and my brain instantly
> says D and not eight note C. I did all of my college work by ear and got
> high grades doing it, but I know Braille music would be of benefit. Sandra,
> how do you get your brain to turn off recognizing Braille as Braille and get
> it to recognize Braille music, since the symbols are the same? I hope this
> question is clearer than mud!!
> 
> Merry Christmas from
> Terri and Nick Wilcox
> 
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