[blindkid] Large Print music

[Holly Baker Miller]

I appreciate the thought but unfortunately today was the last day of lessons
until school start, it was just a short summer intro.

To be fair, the music teacher is great and she wants to be helpful, she just
doesn't know a better way to do things.  I'm sure she'll be receptive to any
ideas I can come up with :-)

Holly

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Doreen Franklin <
doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Holly
> just thought of something .... collect your own data .... take a video
> camera
> into Hanks next lesson and tape how he is reading/straining to see ... you
> know
> ... then after the lesson - while teacher is still there, have teacher come
> over
> and ask Hank "how do you think you did ... how was the music on the stand -
> could you see it easily, what can "I" as teacher do to help you " -- kind
> of
> another way to build your case .... that way, it's not PROMPTED from MOM
> but
> from the teacher. Don't tell Hank about questions so that he is answering
> off
> the cuff .... just some random thoughts to help.
>
>
> I would start to video tape EVERYTHING and download to cds that can be
> "given"
> to whoever ... another way to collect your data and document everything!
>
>
> Let me know how it goes ....
>  Doreen
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Holly Baker Miller <hollym12 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)"
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> Sent: Thu, July 28, 2011 11:37:21 AM
> Subject: [blindkid] Large Print music
>
> We have a budding drummer on our hands and are running into sheet music
> issues.
> Hank (going into 5th) normally needs 20-ish point font when he reads and
> will hold that 6-8 inches from his face to read.  The music teacher made
> enlarged copies of the pages onto 11x17 paper, laminated it to give it some
> body and put a spiral binding at the top.  Problem is once it's on a music
> stand it's too far for him to see and I think the lamination is creating
> glare that doesn't help the situation. Add to that it's a photo copy so not
> the greatest contrast.
> Today I watched his lesson and he was leaning way over the drum and
> squinting hard just to see some very basic beats.
>
> Any thoughts on how to better format sheet music for him?  I'm thinking
> maybe landscape pages would be easier to put on a music stand but copying
> from the book puts it in portrait.  Can large print blank music sheets be
> bought or printed somewhere?  I'm wondering if I can bribe my older drummer
> son to hand transcribe the music with a 20/20 marker to get bolder print.
> I have zero musical talent myself so all of this is confusing to begin
> with!
>
> Braille is not an option at this point unfortunately as we are still in
> dispute with the district about him learning/using braille (long story, we
> do have a lawyer)
>
> Thanks!
> Holly
>
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