[nabs-l] Braille music

[marissa]

Ok, so now I've heard of three different books for starting 
braille music.  So confusing.
"An Introduction to Braille Music" by Richard Tesh.
the one you listed
and a third, which I cannot place the name of right now, but I 
know what it is called.  It was on another topic, "reading  
braille music" on this list.

Yes, I have never used the library.  Is there a way to contact 
them by email, and have the book sent to me by mail, instead of 
having to call them?


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:55:03 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music

Hi Marissa,

It would be a bit difficult to actually send you an attachment 
with the braille music code.  I could send you something that 
lists the code (e.g.  8th note C = dots 1 4 5), but even if I 
listed all the notes, that’s just the very tip of the iceberg.  
In order to read high school band music reasonably well, you’d 
need a whole lot more than just the very basics.  What you need 
is the Primer of Braille Music.  That’s the best book there is 
for learning braille music.  You can get it from NLS (National 
Library Service) at the Library of Congress.  I can’t remember if 
it was you who said you never use them, but if it was, you 
should.  They’re a great resource.  If you contact their music 
division and ask for the Primer of Braille Music, that would be 
your best source for starting to learn braille music.  Then, if 
you’re serious, there are two summer programs into which you 
could look.  There is Braille Beats in Michigan, which is a very 
good program for fairly serious blind musicians.  If you are 
really, really serious, to the point where you are seriously 
considering studying music in college, there is the Summer 
Braille Music Institute, run by the National Resource Center for 
Blind Musicians which is held in July in Philladelphia.  The 
National Resource Center for Blind Musicians is excellent.  I 
know the director really well and I can put you in touch with him 
if you like.  Feel free to e-mail me off-list if you want to 
discuss further.


Ryan


On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:40 PM, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> 
wrote:


 Allright, so here's the deal.
 I got my music from my band director and gave it to the Special 
Ed Director, who then gave a coppy to one of my TVIS, who is 
sending it to the braille institute to have it brailled 
apparently.
 That is great, yes, but I cannot read it.

 Could someone please find an index of all music notes and either 
send me a link, or send me an attatchment? I can send it to my 
brailleest and she can braille it for me.

 Also, is there a way to get books from the nabs library without 
having to call them?

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