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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Brandon,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for "pretty pictures", I'm afraid we all miss
out on those ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Technology is indeed awesome, but in this case, you
may want to go a bit old-school: If you have a Perkins Braillewriter and some
11.5-by-11-inch paper, you can do the following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Write the parts out in a four-line
parallel--i.e., a separate line for each voice part, with soprano at the top and
the other voices arranged underneath. It'll look like a double-stacked piano
score. This way, you can feel each measure and see what each voice is doing
simply by moving up or down vertically within the measure.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Once you've gotten a bit more comfortable with
this method, you can condense your work to a two-line system. The top line will
show soprano and alto parts, with soprano first, the Braille in-accord sign (a
two-cell sign that's dots 126, 345), then the alto part. Do the same thing on
the next line for tenor and bass. In this arrangement, you still get to see all
the parts--they're just not so spread out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For an even more condensed version, you can write
it as a two-line parallel, and, if the rhythm is exactly the same in each pair
of voices (soprano-alto, tenor-bass), use interval signs. So, your top line
would have the soprano part written out as pitches, with the alto part shown as
intervals reading downward from each of those pitches; and the second line of
the parallel would show the bass part as pitches, with the tenor indicated as
intervals reading upward from those pitches. This last method is great for not
only seeing how your outer voices--soprano and bass--move (and often, those two,
when done well, will make it possible to fill in the inner voices with a minimum
amount of effort)--but you can easily play from this at the piano to check your
work by hearing it. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>This last method is used a
lot for four-part writing in hymnbooks, but the rhythm has to be the
same--otherwise, you need either part-measure or full-measure
in-accords.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Once you've done it this way, you can always go
back into LIME and produce a "pretty picture" for the sighted people who need
that!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope that helps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephanie Pieck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=brandonboy13@comcast.net
href="mailto:brandonboy13@comcast.net">Brandon Keith Biggs</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> Thursday, March 08, 2012 4:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Menvi-discuss] SATB
Writing?</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV>I’m wondering if anyone has any good ideas on how to keep track of SATB
writing? I’m reading the rules, but I can’t see the pretty pictures it’s
supposed to be making. I'’m now just following the rules of only doubling the
tonic and dominant, resolving down to the tonic from the 7th, only removing
the 5th, and not crossing voices. I am having trouble looking out for parallel
octaves or 5ths, the 4 types of motion, extended leaps and just checking my
work in general. </DIV>
<DIV>I’m using Lime atm, but I don’t have a Braille display yet... I’m trying
to get one though.</DIV>
<DIV>Any suggestion's on how to easily follow these rules would be greatly
appreciated!</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'">Brandon
Keith Biggs<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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