[Menvi-discuss] Learning Music Techniques?

[Chris Smart]

sounds like you just need lots and lots of practice away from your 
teacher then, if the reading part is slow.

At 06:33 PM 9/30/2011, you wrote:
>Yes, that's what I do, but once I start adding the timing to the 
>words, my teacher has her students write out the words with 
>slashes in-between the letters to signify beats. So that way when 
>you listen to your recording of the teacher speaking the words you 
>know what's going on while you're reading along, and when you go 
>to the metronome, you have a real-time example you can follow off 
>of. (I don't read Braille music fast enough to get this kind of 
>thing, so I'm not even sure if this is possible with reading the 
>words and the music at the same time.
>(I don't read with both hands...)
>Thanks,
>
>Brandon Keith Biggs
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>From: <mailto:bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com>Bettie Downing
>Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:00 PM
>To: <mailto:menvi-discuss at menvi.org>This is for discussing music 
>and braille literacy
>Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Learning Music Techniques?
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>As for 32nd notes.  Without singing the words, just make up 
>syllables for those notes and practice rhythm alone.  For 
>sixteenth notes I always use 1-ee-and-uh  2-ee-and-uh    but for 
>32nds you'lll have to devise your own.
>
>
>
>
>On Sep 30, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Brandon Keith (Biggs) wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>I have a couple questions:
>>First, what metronome seems to work the best for blind musicians? 
>>I was thinking one of the older ones with the dials you tern to 
>>set the speed with markings on it, but if there is another one or 
>>perhaps a talking one, I would really love to know.
>>
>>Second, My teacher is basically telling me that we aren't going 
>>anywhere else till I get my timing perfect to the last 32nd note.
>>I'm wondering if there is a method people have used to mark the 
>>beats in the words of their music?
>>I was thinking of Brailing out the words and putting a 456 for 
>>each beat, but I'm not sure if that is the most efficient.
>>What do other people use?
>>
>>Also, what is a grave sign in Braille? And what is a umlaut sign 
>>in Braille?
>>è and ü
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>Brandon Keith Biggs
>>
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