[nabs-l] Braille music

Fri Feb 7 00:20:15 UTC 2014

I know.  Sadly, they don’t.

Ryan

On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:15 PM, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Wow.  They really should make it accessable to just put in a form to send the book.  Make it a lot easer on people.
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> ----- 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 18:07:50 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
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> I don€™t think so.  I think you will have to call them.  I mean, if you really, really didn€™t want to call them, I wouldn€™t mind shipping you my copy since I haven€™t used it in years.  While Richard Tesh€™s book is very good, I think the Primer is the best one to use.  If you think back to elementary school and those very basic grammar books that everyone uses in first and second grade€”that€™s pretty much what the Primer of Braille Music is.  It€™s the book most every blind musician I know uses first.  I wouldn€™t say no to getting both, though.  Then you could take what you choose from both sources.
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> Ryan
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> On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:00 PM, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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?
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> ----- 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
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> Hi Marissa,
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> 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.
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> Ryan
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> On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:40 PM, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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