[goodfeel] Re: Brailling Percussion Parts
- From: Elizabeth Heiserman <braillescriber@xxxxxxx>
- To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 09:42:39 -0600
No Dani, you are not missing anything. They are! It seems it is no longer in
their store. They actually now have none of the music titles available they had
previously. <frown>
Betsy
On Jan 21, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Dani L Pagador wrote:
> Hi, Betsy.
> I just went to NBA's website and searched for the handbook. I copied the
> title from your message in to the search field and chose Educational
> Material as the category, but no matches were found. Did I miss something?
>
> Thanks,
> Dani
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Elizabeth Heiserman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 4:52 AM
> To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Brailling Percussion Parts
>
> Dani,
>
> There is a whole chapter devoted to brailling percussion in the Handbook for
> Braille Music from NBA.
> I will quote a bit of it here, but highly recommend you look into getting
> this book. It has been very helpful for me in formatting music for analysis.
>
> ...percussion parts are usually printed in a score arrangement on one staff
> or a system of staves or lines, and multiple copies of the score are given
> to all of the players.
> To transcribe such a score into braille, use a full open-score presentation
> with a separate braille line for each instrument, even if several have been
> printed on one staff. Align the measures vertically in a simplified
> bar-over-bar format. Preserve the vertical arrangement of the print, with
> the lowest note on the staff being brailled on the lowest line of the
> parallel. Leave a blank line between parallels; two blank lines are not
> necessary, as they would be in a typical ensemble score...
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Betsy Heiserman
>
> On Jan 21, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Dani L Pagador wrote:
>
>
> Hi, Everyone.
> Are percussion parts brailled separately i.e., each drum having its
> own line in the piece, or together like chords? I've looked at the Braille
> Music Code 1997 and the DeGarmo book and haven't found anything to clarify
> this. I've also looked for drum books on the BARD site and haven't found
> very many to look at and cull for examples for how to format percussion
> music. Would appreciate any input.
>
> Thanks,
> Dani
>
> Thanks,
> Dani
>
>
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