[Menvi-discuss] Test transcription.

[Bettie Downing]

All certified music braillists know how to braille theory tests.  I have done it many times for college students.  Contact any person on the NLS list.


On Sep 15, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Kaiti Shelton wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm supposed to take my first theory test tomorrow.  Originally, my
> teacher was going to give me an alternative test using the exercises
> in my workbook which would cover the same material on the printed
> test.  He gave the test to my aid to braille though, and of course she
> does not know how to read braille music, or music in general.  I tried
> to help her by telling her basic music symbols and how to braille
> them, but she was having trouble understanding the flat and sharp
> signs and certain things that I'll need in order to have brailled in
> order to understand the questions on my test.
> 
> What I'm asking is, is it within the jurisdiction of a music
> transcriber to transcribe tests?  I suppose future tests will have
> sections of music which will need to be transcribed anyway, but the
> majority of the test will be instructions.  Now, for example, we have
> questions that ask for notation of certain intervals based on a
> starting note and a numerical interview value, or to name an interval
> numerically based on it's two notes, etc.  This, of course, would not
> be an issue, however accidental signs combined with a complete
> unfamiliarity of the music code make it impossible for my braillest to
> do the work.  (I felt so bad for her.  She was asking me how to notate
> a key signature and she was thinking in terms of nimeth and asked me
> if she should use a superscript before notating a flat sign).  If
> anyone has any advice or tips on where I should go to get my tests
> brailled I would greatly appreciate it.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kaiti
> 
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