[nabs-l] Braille music

marissa pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 7 01:56:14 UTC 2014 

Oy.  For every single book I want? Good grief.
I could use web braille.  I have an Apex, hate it, but I have it.


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
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Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:15:42 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music


Yes.  The other option, for some books, is to download them from 
their site.  It’s called Web braille.  I don’t know how to 
use it because I never have done, but basically, if you’re 
registered, you search what you want and then download the file.  
You can then import it into Duxbury, already in Braille format 
and emboss it.  I don’t know how many books they have in that 
format.  Mostly, I think, it’s just individual pieces 
(Beethoven’s Ninth Simphony, for instance), but they may have 
some full books on there.  I don’t know.  Mostly, though, you 
will need to call them.  Don’t be shy.  They’re wicked nice 
and very helpful.

Ryan

On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:49 PM, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> 
wrote:


 So every time I want a braille book, I have to call NLS?


 ----- 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 18:20:15 -0600
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music

 I know.  Sadly, they don
€™t.

 Ryan

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


 Wow.  They really should make it accessable to just put in a 
form to send the book.  Make it a lot easer on people.


 ----- 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

 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.

 Ryan


 On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:00 PM, marissa 
<pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:


 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
Â’s just the very tip of the iceberg.  In order to read high 
school band music reasonably well, you
Â’d need a whole lot more than just the very basics.  What you 
need is the Primer of Braille Music.  That
Â’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
Â’t remember if it was you who said you never use them, but if it 
was, you should.  They
Â’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
Â’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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