[Menvi-discuss] Learning Print Music

[Bettie Downing]

Braille music is read differently from print music and the blind musician reads a different code.  Your teacher needs to know that blind musicians will not be reading print format or print code.



On Sep 7, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Kaiti Shelton wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am currently taking my high school's theory course.  Last week my
> instructor noticed that by using Lime to notate key signatures the
> computer was doing the work for me.  (We were taking a quiz on writing
> key signatures and my sighted classmates were held accountable for the
> correct positioning of the accidentals on the staves).  To be fair to
> the other students in the class, my teacher decided that from now on
> he wants me to write out key signatures in a word document, with the
> number of sharps or flats and their placement on the staff.  However,
> having never read print music before I obviously don't know where the
> accidentals should go.  If anyone could point me in the direction of
> some tactile, braille, or text resources on the subject it would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
>  P.S. If anyone knows of text resources that would explain any rules
> about key signature placement for different staves that would be great
> too, as we are using tenor, alto, and bass on a frequent basis
> already.
> Thanks.
> -- 
> Kaiti
> 
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