[nabs-l] Braille music
Carly Mihalakis
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Fri Feb 7 12:02:41 UTC 2014
Good morning, Marissa,
I, too have been getting NLS books since I was a small
child. And I, too suggest you at least get yourself registered
because it's about keeping your options open, don't you think?
for today, Car
408-209-3239
03:56 AM 2/7/2014, Joshua Hendrickson wrote:
>Hi Marissa. I don't know why you wouldn't want to be signed up with
>NLS as you can get so many books from them. What you can do, is
>contact your local talking book library and just ask for either
>talking books, or braille materials from them. But first, you need to
>be signed up with NLS first. I've been getting books from NLS since I
>was probably about four or five.
>
>On 2/7/14, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > 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
> > 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 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
> > 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
> > 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
> > 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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