[nabs-l] Braille music
Ryan Silveira
ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
Fri Feb 7 12:52:07 UTC 2014
Wow. I did not know web braille merged with Bard. Just shows you how
infrequently I use the service. I used NLS a lot in high school, but
since college, I almost never use them. I rarely ever read music,
prefering to learn everything by ear since I have perfect pitch and
can learn a piece in, at most, 30 minutes, and as far as regular audio
books go, I prefer to buy them because the readers are usually better.
I'm very picky about my readers.
Ryan
On 2/7/14, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I do not know if I'm signed up. I think I am, since I received a
> digital talking book player.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joshua Hendrickson <louvins at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 05:56:15 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
>
> 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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