[nabs-l] Braille music
marissa
pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 7 06:27:57 UTC 2014
i do play piano as well as clarinet, (self taught), so I might
look in to the clasical music. I have emailed the Special Ed
Director a very long email, telling him how I need music ASAP
because I have a band festival that my band teacher wants me to
go to. I see no point if I have no music. I cannot play by ear
because the students will not hush when the director is trying to
explain something, and they will not hush when playing,
(percussion really).
I basically told him I need a transcriber, a music book to get
started, and a braille music tutor. He never replied, but told
me that they need to find the money to get these things. Ugh.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
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Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 23:48:26 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
Hi,
While Web Braille did merge with bard, the concept of it is still
the
same. A lot of the music there is classical stuff, songs for
voice,
piano pieces, a few scores of string pieces and chamber group
stuff,
but not much in the way of clarinet stuff at all, or at least the
last
time I checked there wasn't. For high school band pieces you'll
definitely need to use a transcriber. The only pieces I've been
able
to get through NLS have been pieces of standard clarinet
repertoire
like works from Webber, Mozart, etc. NLS is great for getting
these
things because you can often get them in the mail faster than a
transcriber can go through them, and it's already embossed into
nice
hard copy braille for you.
As per calling the library, I used to be terrified of calling
anywhere
to ask for help, but frankly it's a life skill that I'm glad I
developed. You will need to call and be professional on the
phone
many times when you're an adult, so it's best to start forming
good
habits when you're young. The library is a good place to start
with
this because as Ryan said the librarians are very nice, helpful
people
who already know you're a visually impaired person, so there
aren't
any awkward explanations required while you're still getting your
feet
wet. It's much easier than calling and having to start by
talking to
a shady customer service rep who works for the metro like my O
and M
instructor made me do to develop this skill. :)
Good luck,
On 2/6/14, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
ryan,
nope. web braille merged with bard a year ago. so now you go
to the bard
site to download all media.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Silveira
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 8:15 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
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
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<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 EURO (tm)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
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<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:07:50 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
I don
EURO (tm)t think so. I think you will have to call them. I
mean, if you
really, really didn
EURO (tm)t want to call them, I wouldn
EURO (tm)t mind shipping you my copy since I haven
EURO (tm)t used it in years. While Richard Tesh
EURO (tm)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
EURO "that
EURO (tm)s pretty much what the Primer of Braille Music is. It
EURO (tm)s the book most every blind musician I know uses
first. I wouldn
EURO (tm)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
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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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