[goodfeel] Re: Intervals
- From: Bill McCann <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 20:34:01 +0000
Actually, in North America, the standard in braille music transcription is not
to show the clef signs. But in most other places around the world, it is
customary to show the clef sign at the start of the piece and to show it again
later if it should change. In cases where the transcriber thinks there might
be some confusion about interval direction, it is a good idea to include a
brief note at the beginning of the braille score that says something like: "All
intervals in this piece read up."
-----Original Message-----
From: goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Brandon Keith Biggs
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 4:30 PM
To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Intervals
I'm sorry, this is right, I'm on Mars where the world is backwards!
Because Braille doesn't have clefs, I am pretty sure that the reader won't
notice any difference in the clef marking. It will just look different to the
sighted reader.
Thanks,
Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill McCann
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 1:26 PM
To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Intervals
Actually, the general rule is that in parts printed in the bass clef and the
left-hand part of piano pieces the intervals read up. That is, you braille the
lowest note of a chord and then follow the note with the braille music interval
signs that tell the reader which notes to play at the same time.
For treble clef parts and for piano right-hand, the intervals are written in
the opposite way. That is, we braille the highest note first and then follow
it with interval signs that indicate which notes to play together with that
note.
For example, a C Major triad of half-notes being transcribed for the left-hand
of the piano would show the octave sign followed immediately by dots 1-3-4-5 to
indicate half-note C. The next cell contains dots 3-4-6 which is the braille
music interval sign for third. That tells us "while you're playing that
third-octave, half-note C, play the E that is a third above it." The next cell
should contain dots 3-5 which is the interval sign for fifth. That says:
"While you are playing the C and the E, also play a G that is a fifth above the
C."
For a C Major triad written in the right-hand part or other treble instruments,
the notes and interval signs appear in the opposite order as for the bass clef
parts. That is, we would write the appropriate octave sign followed by
half-note G first using dots 1-2-3-5, then the third interval sign of dots
3-4-6, and then the fifth interval sign of dots 3-5.
I hope my explanation is helpful.
Bill
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