[nabs-l] Braille music

Joshua Hendrickson louvins at gmail.com
Fri Feb 7 23:32:35 UTC 2014 

That's very weird.  I've been ordering my own books since I was
probably about 8 or nine.

On 2/7/14, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, it lets me read braille files, well it use to.  I have no
> display, but am getting a new one very very soon, within a few
> weeks.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jane <juanitatighan at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 10:36:45 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
>
> I just grabbed all of the stuff from Web Braille about Braille
> music.  So if you have a way to read eb Braille, try using that.
> You may not like the Apex, but it should let you read Braille
> files OK.
>
> Jane
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2014, at 8:56 PM, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Oy.  For every single book I want? Good grief.
>  I could use web braille.  I have an Apex, hate it, but I have
> it.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 19:15:42 -0600
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
>
>
>  Yes.  The other option, for some books, is to download them from
> their site.  It
>  셲 called Web braille.  I don
>  셳 know how to use it because I never have done, but basically,
> if you
>  셱e registered, you search what you want and then download the
> file.  You can then import it into Duxbury, already in Braille
> format and emboss it.  I don
>  셳 know how many books they have in that format.  Mostly, I
> think, it
>  셲 just individual pieces (Beethoven
>  셲 Ninth Simphony, for instance), but they may have some full
> books on there.  I don
>  셳 know.  Mostly, though, you will need to call them.  Don
>  셳 be shy.  They
>  셱e wicked nice and very helpful.
>
>  Ryan
>
>  On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:49 PM, marissa
> <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  So every time I want a braille book, I have to call NLS?
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:20:15 -0600
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
>
>  I know.  Sadly, they don
>
>
> 셳.
>
>  Ryan
>
>  On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:15 PM, marissa
> <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Wow.  They really should make it accessable to just put in a
> form to send the book.  Make it a lot easer on people.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:07:50 -0600
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
>
>  I don
>
>
>
> 셳 think so.  I think you will have to call them.  I mean, if you
> really, really didn
>
>
>
> 셳 want to call them, I wouldn
>
>
>
> 셳 mind shipping you my copy since I haven
>
>
>
> 셳 used it in years.  While Richard Tesh
>
>
>
> 셲 book is very good, I think the Primer is the best one to use.
> If you think back to elementary school and those very basic
> grammar books that everyone uses in first and second grade
>
>
>
> 봳hat
>
>
>
> 셲 pretty much what the Primer of Braille Music is.  It
>
>
>
> 셲 the book most every blind musician I know uses first.  I
> wouldn
>
>
>
> 셳 say no to getting both, though.  Then you could take what you
> choose from both sources.
>
>  Ryan
>
>
>  On Feb 6, 2014, at 6:00 PM, marissa
> <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Ok, so now I've heard of three different books for starting
> braille music..  So confusing.
>  "An Introduction to Braille Music" by Richard Tesh.
>  the one you listed
>  and a third, which I cannot place the name of right now, but I
> know what it is called.  It was on another topic, "reading
> braille music" on this list.
>
>  Yes, I have never used the library.  Is there a way to contact
> them by email, and have the book sent to me by mail, instead of
> having to call them?
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com
>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 17:55:03 -0600
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille music
>
>  Hi Marissa,
>
>  It would be a bit difficult to actually send you an attachment
> with the braille music code.  I could send you something that
> lists the code (e.g.  8th note C = dots 1 4 5), but even if I
> listed all the notes, that
>
> 뭩 just the very tip of the iceberg.  In order to read high
> school band music reasonably well, you
>
> 뭗 need a whole lot more than just the very basics.  What you
> need is the Primer of Braille Music.  That
>
> 뭩 the best book there is for learning braille music.  You can
> get it from NLS (National Library Service) at the Library of
> Congress.  I can
>
> 뭪 remember if it was you who said you never use them, but if it
> was, you should.  They
>
> 뭨e a great resource.  If you contact their music division and
> ask for the Primer of Braille Music, that would be your best
> source for starting to learn braille music.  Then, if you
>
> 뭨e serious, there are two summer programs into which you could
> look..  There is Braille Beats in Michigan, which is a very good
> program for fairly serious blind musicians.  If you are really,
> really serious, to the point where you are seriously considering
> studying music in college, there is the Summer Braille Music
> Institute, run by the National Resource Center for Blind
> Musicians which is held in July in Philladelphia.  The National
> Resource Center for Blind Musicians is excellent.  I know the
> director really well and I can put you in touch with him if you
> like.  Feel free to e-mail me off-list if you want to discuss
> further.
>
>
>  Ryan
>
>
>  On Feb 6, 2014, at 5:40 PM, marissa
> <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Allright, so here's the deal.
>  I got my music from my band director and gave it to the Special
> Ed Director, who then gave a coppy to one of my TVIS, who is
> sending it to the braille institute to have it brailled
> apparently.
>  That is great, yes, but I cannot read it.
>
>  Could someone please find an index of all music notes and either
> send me a link, or send me an attatchment? I can send it to my
> brailleest and she can braille it for me.
>
>  Also, is there a way to get books from the nabs library without
> having to call them?
>
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