[NFB-Talk] Learning Music Braille

[Gail Hamilton]

I'm blind, professional musician, and have taught piano and Braille music for 40 years. I haven't found my way to joining the Performing Arts Division yet; however, feel competent in teaching beginning piano and Braille music.
You can chat with me off line.
gail at soaringintogreatness.com
 
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Hi John:

I'm sorry to hear that Hadley is discontinuing their Braille music course.
This was a great tool for learning the code, and many have used it over the years. Fortunately, there are other organizations and companies that offer Braille music tutorials, as well as individual teachers who can work with students on Braille music for specific instruments, many of whom are themselves blind musicians. For more information, you might be interested in looking at our Performing Arts Division's resources page, found here:
https://nfb-pad.org/resources

Also, one of our Board members, Leslie Hamric, is a blind professional musician and teacher who teaches Braille music both in-person and virtually.
Though her primary instrument is cello, her Braille music students come from many musical backgrounds playing many different instruments, vocals included. I would be glad to connect you with her off-list if you would like.

Please don't hesitate to use the Performing Arts Division as a resource and reach out to us with questions or concerns. Best of luck as you continue your musical journey!

Warmly,

Chris Nusbaum, Secretary
NFB Performing Arts Division

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Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 12:47 PM
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Cc: John Heim <sconnie.johnnie at gmail.com>
Subject: [NFB-Talk] Learning Music Braille

Yesterday, I called the Hadley School For the Blind and I found out they no longer offer most of the braille classes they once had. I took their class on Nemeth code in 2017. They don't offer that any more or the music braille course. I am not sure they have any actual classes anymore. They have some things listed as workshops on fundamental braille.

The good news is that the book Hadley developed on learning music braille is available from NLS. A few weeks ago, I got an email that said patrons of NLS can get one braille book a month to keep forever. So I filled out the form to request the Hadley book on learning music braille.

I guess we'll see. I can understand why Hadley dropped most of their classes. Probably most people learn braille in grade school or high school or not at all. The number of people who go blind as adults and then bother to learn braille is probably very small. Still, I think it is a shame this avenue for those of us who do choose to learn braille is closed.




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