[nABS-L] Ben Fulton. NABS-L Digest, Vol 134, Issue 27

Sun Dec 31 20:51:37 UTC 2017

Hello Ben,
  There are several music programs out there for blind & low vision musicians. Some that come to mind immediately are GOODFEEL by Dancing Dots, Opus Dots and Toccata by Opus Technologies, and the Tactile Stave Notation System for Music. 
  I’m not sure if any of these would suit your purposes, but one or more may be helpful. 

Angel Harris

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>   1. Re: NABS-L Digest, Vol 134, Issue 26 (Ben Fulton)
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>   3. [nabs-l] Music Therapy (Sandra Gayer)
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> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 20:58:39 +0000
> From: Ben Fulton <bluezinfandel at hotmail.com>
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> 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
> 
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>> 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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> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:15:57 -0500
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> Ben,
> 
> OK. Is Luther only suggestion I have.
> 
> Best,
> Jonathan
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> 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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> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:19:24 +0000
> From: Sandra Gayer <sandragayer7 at gmail.com>
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nABS-L] [nabs-l] Music Therapy
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> Hello Everyone,
> I seem to remember someone mentioning an NFB list for Music Therapy
> students/practitioners. I tried to search on the Internet but couldn't
> find it. Does anyone remember where to find it?
> 
> I hope everyone here finds 2018 to be less trying than this year.
> Sandra.
> 
> -- 
> Sandra Gayer DipABRSM.
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> Soprano Singer
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> Broadcast Presenter
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