[nabs-l] Braille Music

Sandra Gayer sandragayer7 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 29 06:04:01 UTC 2013 

Hello,
Terri started this conversation and I answered her off list so this is
for Helga.
I'm a Braille Music Teacher and I can tell you that if you find some
music written for strings, (with chords involved), that will be an
adequate substitute for guitar music. Sometimes guitar tablature is
used but that has words and letter names so you'll pick that up
immediately. If you have access to piano music, that will help you get
used to how chords are written but be aware that scores transcribed
nowadays will have the left hand's intervals reading upwards while the
right hand's intervals read downwards.

Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 12/28/13, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Where can I get this for free?
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Emily Pennington" <emilypennington at fuse.net
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 11:51:54 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Music
>
> Hi all,
> Many years ago, when I was learning how to read Braille music, I
> read the
> book Lillie mentioned.  Although it dealt mostly with the
> foundations and
> piano music, it had sections for other types of instruments --
> even
> percussion.  I distinctly recall that it had a section for string
> instruments.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Emily
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lillie Pennington" <lilliepennington at fuse.net
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Music
>
>
> 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.
>
>  Sent from my iPhone
>
>  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-----
>  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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