[Menvi-discuss] Braille music in Turkey

Wed Dec 14 02:45:46 PST 2011

On my metronome, the button moves up and down with every click.

Debra

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[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Chris Smart
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:19 PM
To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Braille music in Turkey

Debra, there is nothing tricky about this once you've had some 
practice.

You don't say what kind of metronome you have.

If it is an analog pyramid-shaped metronome, you can probably mark 
the front of it with something, place marks at important tempo 
spots, every 30 bpm or something to give you a rough guide to go by.

if it is a quartz dial type metronome, it probably starts at 40 bpm 
at its lowest setting. Just Count the clicks as you turn the knob. 
if you need to, get someone sighted to check the amounts each click 
of the knob represent. i.e. check with someone as to the scale of 
the knob at various points. It won't always be 1 beat per minute 
per click.  For example, one that I use changes 2 bpm per click 
between 40 and 60, 3 bpm from 60-72, 4 bpm I believe up to 100, 6 
bpm above 100 etc. Also, mark some positions around the dial if you 
need to. I don't, as I can feel where the little arrow on the knob 
is pointing on my metronome.

If you have a digital metronomne with up and down buttons, you'll 
need to figure out the same thing - how many button presses does it 
take to get from one speed to another? If one button press equals 1 
bpm change in tempo, then just count how many times you press the 
up or down button. Always start at a position you know. In other 
words, if it remembers where you set it, always leave it at a 
reference speed when you are done using it. When you turn it back 
on the next time, it will be at that speed. Or, find out what the 
minimum speed is, perhaps 40 bpm. So, start at it's slowest speed 
and just keep track of where you are as you speed it up.

If your metronome is digital and has a tap tempo feature, you can 
press a button at the speed you want it to click, and it will do so.

If you have a clock or watch that ticks once per second, or can 
tune into an international time signal like WWV, do so. There are 
60 seconds in a minute, right? So the clicking of that clock or 
watch is 60 beats per minute. Twice that speed is 120 bpm, three 
ticks per second is 180 bpm, four per second is 240 bpm etc.. 
Practice enough with a reliable reference to have some idea what 
various tempos sound like. In other words, after awhile, you'll get 
an idea of approximately how fast or slow various tempi feel to you.

If you're using a metronome on your computer, ia software metronome 
such as Metronome Pro from PG Music, or as part of a sequencer 
program like sonar, you can just enter the beats per minute and the 
note value per beat into an edit field.

At 08:10 PM 12/13/2011, you wrote:

>Does anyone know how a totally blind person can set a metronome
>independently?  Intermediate C piano Guild requires it.
>
>Debra
>
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>[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Bettie Downing
>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:18 PM
>To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Braille music in Turkey
>
>She can probably take courses from Hadley School for the Blind as 
>they are
>starting up their music braille program once more.
>
>
>On Dec 13, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Teresa Haifley wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I am teaching braille music and piano to a blind exchange 
> student from
> > Turkey.  She is very musical and wants to continue her studies 
> when she
> > returns home to Turkey next summer.  Is there anyone on the 
> list from
>Turkey
> > or who would know the situation there for obtaining braille 
> music and what
> > format is primarily used, etc.?
> > Also, after high school she would like to return to the states 
> for an
> > education in both music and teaching visually impaired, so any
> > recommendations on a school with both would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Teresa
> >
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