[goodfeel] Re: Converting Music Notes to Braille
- From: "David Goldstein - Resource Center" <info2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 10:14:19 -0400
Hi Justin,
Here's another way of thinking about it. All of us on this list are very
much interested in braille music and ways to make it available for people to
work as efficiently and independently as possible along with sighted
students or musicians. That certainly is the way to go if one is going to
be taking many courses and making the reading and writing of music a
life-long pursuit. However, if you are thinking about just one semester of
lessons for possible playing for pleasure later on, it might not be
something that you would want to put a whole lot of time into for
preparation. Most people who take a vacation to a foreign country don't
spend that much time learning the language beyond the very basics.
I certainly don't want you to be discouraged from learning braille music if
you want to do that, and if the class will be reading music, then that may
well be the way you would have to go. However, many colleges give you the
choice of taking a course or private lessons, and the private lessons do
count for some credit--maybe not as much for a course, but some. So you
might ask whether that is an option. In that case, you and the teacher
could work out a method that works for you. It would be good if that
included braille, but it could be at your own pace. There are a couple of
methods not requiring braille. A web site called talkingtabs.com sells
lessons that are supposed to be quite good. Another called musicvi or
musicfortheblind has guitar courses, but they are mostly in the folk or
popular music vein. If you want to explore braille music for the guitar, I
think the place where you would get the most relevant material and support
if you have questions--as well as transcriptions of material not already
available, is www.ctdcreations.com
This is run by a braille transcriber named Christina Davidson. She wouldn't
be in a position to braille an entire course book for you, but she could
certainly produce PIECES and exercises. Her materials are put up as both
braille and MIDI files.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill" <billlist1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 9:33 AM
Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Converting Music Notes to Braille
Hi, Justin,
Are all of the sighted students given guitar tablature to read or does the
teacher also supply the pieces as conventional staff notation?
Regards,
Bill
Bill McCann
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
www.DancingDots.com
Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
-----Original Message-----
From: goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Salisbury, Justin Mark
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:53 AM
To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Converting Music Notes to Braille
Thank you, Chris and Sandy, for your responses.
I will certainly investigate the resources that you have presented to me.
I do not have much of an ear for relative pitches because I just don't have
much experience with music.
I would enjoy proving a neigh-sayer wrong, but I have an aggressive
curriculum within my two majors (math and economics) this fall and am
unfortunately not willing to commit a significant amount of time to my
1-credit fine arts elective, whatever it ends up being. My course will
begin August 23. I would love to pick up some musical skills while I'm in
school, and I know I won't prioritize anything I put outside of academics,
which is why I'm looking to take a course in it.
I have the Director of Disability Support Services talking to the professor
now. She says that, since he's saying that I can't do it because I'm blind,
the onus is on him to prove that there is no possible accommodation in the
universe that can make this course accessible. The fact that there are many
blind guitarists should demonstrate that it's possible.
I'll let you all know what happens. Thanks, again!
Justin
Justin M. Salisbury
Undergraduate Student
The University Honors Program
East Carolina University
salisburyj08@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on
behalf of sandra gayer [sandragayer7@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:30 AM
To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Converting Music Notes to Braille
Hello Justin,
Yes the resources I mentioned all require the reader to be fluent in Music
Braille. There are teach yourself Braille music books in Braille. If you
intend to learn Braille music by yourself, the children's books are the most
obvious and they are easier to hear in your head.
Best wishes,
Sandra.
On 8/4/11, Chris Smart <csmart8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> side benefit: learn some popular tunes and you'll be a hit at parties.
> That's half the fun of college! OH wait, I didn't finish that english
> degree, so perhaps you shouldn't be taking my advice all that
> seriously. *grin*
>
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