[Perform-Talk] Real music resource

[Ella Yu]

Hi, I forwarded this to a few other mailing lists anonymously and got the
following responses.

One person said: "The best resource I can recommend would be the set of
raised diagrams that RNIB produced to go along with Eric Taylor's book,
"The AB Guide to Music Theory." This, used in conjunction with Bettye
Krolick's "Dictionary of Braille Music" would probably work if the two
books were cross-referenced. As for a single document that contains exact
Braille-to-print correspondence, I don't think there is one."

Another person said: "The Music Braille Code 2015 contains tables with the
braille and print side by side."

Another said, "This is another instance where resources that were once
available are no longer, as far as I am aware. This may well vary from one
country to another. It’s an important issue, and something of a gap in my
own education.
My best suggestion at present is to get hold of magnetic print music
symbols, which are commercially available and pretty good. They’re also
large enough to feel really easily. It’s not just the symbols you need to
know, but also how they are placed on the stave, for example, clefs, rests,
etc. I think it’s very helpful to work with a sighted musician. You could
use swell paper or film to ask a sighted musician to draw some print music
but they will need to significantly enlarge it to enable you to feel it
easily. E.G. I worked on A3 size paper with stave lines a couple of
centimetres or so apart."

I hope these responses give some food for thought.

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 12:02 PM Bill McCann, Dancing Dots via Perform-Talk
<perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Leslie,
>
> As I recall, there is a table in the 1997 New International Manual that
> lists braille music symbols by dot number and gives a description of their
> function.  Perhaps the print edition shows actual print music symbols but
> it
> may just be descriptive text as well.
>
> Bill McCann
> President
> Dancing Dots
> 610-783-6692
> www.DancingDots.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perform-Talk <perform-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Leslie
> Hamric via Perform-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 2:29 PM
> To: Performing Arts Division list <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Leslie Hamric <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Perform-Talk] Real music resource
>
> Hi all. Does anybody know about if there's any kind of resource out there
> that has all the braille music symbols and their print music equivalents?
> Leslie Hamric
> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
>
>
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