[nabs-l] Braille music

Fri Feb 7 02:17:06 UTC 2014

Web Braille was merged into BARD about a year ago, https://nlsbard.loc.gov
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Dave

At 08:03 PM 2/6/2014, you wrote:

>Are they free? I will try web braille as soon as
>I get a new Apex, with an actual display.  This one doesn't work at all.
>
>----- 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 19:59:08 -0600
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
>
>You could try web braille.  And you can call and 
>order multiple books at a time.
>
>Ryan
>
>
>On Feb 6, 2014, at 7:56 PM, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>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
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>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:
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>
>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.
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>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.
>
>
>----- 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
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>€
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>™t think so.  I think you will have to call 
>them.  I mean, if you really, really didn
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>€
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>™t want to call them, I wouldn
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>€
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>™t mind shipping you my copy since I haven
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>€
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>™t used it in years.  While Richard Tesh
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>€
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>™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
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>€
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>”that
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>€
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>™s pretty much what the Primer of Braille Music is.  It
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>€
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>™s the book most every blind musician I know uses first.  I wouldn
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>€
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>™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:
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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?
>
>
>----- 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?