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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I also found Betty's desscription very accurate.
Wyny's question is also great because it brings another issue to the surface.
To what extent words can describe graphics? In order to have a clear idea
of how a graphic looks like, sighted people must seeit. Similarly, to obtain the
same result, blind people must touch it. I have noticed that this obvious
fact is often easily oversaw when teaching music to a blind
person. </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=themusicsuite@verizon.net
href="mailto:themusicsuite@verizon.net">STEPHANIE PIECK</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Menvi-discuss@menvi.org
href="mailto:Menvi-discuss@menvi.org">This is for discussing music and braille
literacy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss] describing
music visually</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I loved Betty Downing's descriptions--thanks Winy
for posting the question and Betty for answering. The descriptions of half and
whole rests were especially helpful for me. They are easily confused by
beginning music readers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As for chords: the notes are arranged and aligned
vertically--I tell my students it looks like they're stacked on top of each
other. If the notes of a chord are very close together--in intervals of
seconds, for instance, or when written on leger lines or spaces--they may be
offset a bit so they don't just blend into this big indistinguishable
blob.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In the "C" shape of the bass clef, the opening of
the "C" goes to the left.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Stephanie</FONT></DIV>
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