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of the French opera Louise by Gustav Charpentier?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bettie Downing<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 30, 2011
5:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> This is for discussing music
and braille literacy<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Menvi-discuss]
Learning Music Techniques?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sep 30, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Brandon Keith (Biggs) wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a couple questions:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I'm wondering if there is a method people have used to mark
the beats in the words of their music? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What do other people use?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Also, what is a grave sign in Braille? And what is a umlaut
sign in Braille?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>è and </span></font>ü<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Brandon Keith Biggs</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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