[nabs-l] Braille Music

Sat Dec 28 09:30:16 UTC 2013

Yeah! I would love to have it! :-) Does it involve reading guitar chords and notes in Braille   music? :-) thanks and God bless! :-)

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> On Dec 28, 2013, at 3:52 AM, "marissa" <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Would you like a cheet sheet that someone gave me?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helga Schreiber" <helga.schreiber at hotmail.com
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 23:09:19 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Music
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> 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-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> 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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