[nABS-L] NABS-L Digest, Vol 134, Issue 26

[jrzobek at gmail.com]

Ben,

OK. Is Luther only suggestion I have.

Best,
Jonathan

Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 30, 2017, at 15:58, Ben Fulton via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Jonathon,
> 
> That was an interesting site, although, like you mentioned it is a paid
> service, and the videos are informative, but time consuming. Ideally I would
> like some music that I could read easily without needing to watch the video.
> This is especially good for when you forget a small portion of the song, and
> you can go through a text file quickly to find the part you forgot, instead
> of going through a video.
> 
> I'm still looking for a way to get sheet music that I could actually read.
> 
> All the best,
> Ben
> 
> 
> Try HDPiano.  Unfortunately, they are a paid service, but they have some
> videos free on YouTube.  You can sift through them by searching HDPiano on
> YouTube, and looking through their channel.  They describe how to play songs
> very well in my experience.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Dec 29, 2017, at 13:15, Ben Fulton via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I recently got a piano for Christmas. I used to play and am interested 
>> in learning more songs, but I am not very good at figuring out songs 
>> by ear alone.
>> 
>> I know about time signatures and chords (well maybe not all of them) 
>> but if someone says a c major half not I know what to play.
>> 
>> My braille is horrible, and I don't even have a display. I use jaws 
>> for everything.
>> 
>> I'm wondering what is out there in a digital form that would let me 
>> know how to play popular songs. I have a list of songs that I would 
>> like to learn, but I don't know how to get music that I can read.
>> 
>> I'm not even sure what the conventions for writing this out really are.
>> I would think something like -- Bar 1 left hand c major whole note 
>> right hand 1/4 d 1/4 d 1/2e Second bar left hand c7 whole note  right 
>> hand 1/4 f 1/4f 1/2 G sharp -- or something like that If someone could 
>> point me to a source where I could learn how to play popular songs I 
>> would really appreciate that.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Ben
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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