[blindkid] Music Sight Reading for Competition

[Bonnie Lucas]

Yes, Aubrie is allowed to look at the music as she sight singing for the
very reason that you mentioned , the other students look at music. As far as
sight reading in the regular class, while she was in junior high, the
teacher would give everyone their new music, including Aubrie. Then, he
would have everyone read through it as they, clapped, I think, the measures.
Then, I'm thinking, he would have them play and Aubrie would just wing it
the first time, having gone through it by reading with one hand and tapping
out the rhythm with the other. I think that just doing that would give her
an idea of a good part of the peaces so that when she played it with the
class for the first time, she would have a little notion of what was being
played. It is also possible that he would give her as much of the music as
he could as it was transcribed so that perhaps she got some of it earlier
than the others. Not sure because they seemed to have a really good system
worked out and that is the one class that she almost never complained about.
Totally her favorite and I loved that teacher. Of course, I'm guessing that
for all band teachers, having students sight read is something they try to
do more and more. If Aubrie has her music, though she might play the first
couple time or so, she could read and learn, or at least hum, the flute
part. For the time being, I think she would be able to get the part down
fairly quickly. Things will naturally get a bit harder as time goes on. I
know that Kira (spelling?) is a bit farther ahead. How has she worked this
situation? 

Bonnie

 

From: Barbara.Mathews at sce.com [mailto:Barbara.Mathews at sce.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:45 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Music Sight Reading for Competition

 

        Bonnie, 

        Is Aubrey allowed to look at the Braille music while she is
sight-singing it?  It seems like she should be, since other students look at
their music while they are sight-reading.  Apart from the competition
setting, have you encountered a situation where daily band practice consists
primarily of sight-reading different pieces, and if so, have you come up
with a way to handle it? 

        -Barbara




From:        "Bonnie Lucas" <lucas.bonnie at gmail.com> 
To:        "'NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,        \(for parents of blind
children\)'" <blindkid at nfbnet.org> 
Date:        08/25/2010 12:12 PM 
Subject:        Re: [blindkid] Music Sight Reading for Competition 
Sent by:        blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org 

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Aubrie has participated in the All State competition for the past two years.
She has been given the pieces that she needs to learn close to the beginning
of the year and she begins to learn them. She works very hard to get it as
sounding as good as possible. As far as the sight reading goes, she is given
the piece in Braille and allowed to look at it for a few minutes. Then, she
sings the notes as she reads them. This way, the her playing skills are
evaluated when she plays the piece she has memorized. Her sight reading
skills are evaluated when she "sight sings," after looking at the Braille
music. If they would like to do a little more evaluating, the judges could
actually have her read the notes to them before or after she sings them as
well. I can share some emails that I wrote in trying to work out all these
details if you like. Just contact me off line. 
Bonnie

-----Original Message-----
From: Sally Thomas [ <mailto:seacknit at gmail.com> mailto:seacknit at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:05 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: [blindkid] Music Sight Reading for Competition

Would someone care to share their blind kid's experience with state band
competitions that involved sight reading?  How did the student prepare for
the competition and how did the competition organizers handle having a blind
student in the competition?   


Thanks.

Sally Thomas


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