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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One tear at a time is best. You can plan to tear and collate and bind while you are listening to an opera or a ball game or while you are chatting by phone with your buddies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Karen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brandon Keith Biggs<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 30, 2012 2:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> This is for discussing music and braille literacy<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Question about NLS?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>So on the topic of embossing books:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I embossed the whole book and no neighbors died, but I think I might.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Does anyone know if there is a quick way to tear the pages apart?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I started tearing them singaly, but I’m going insane because it is very slow and the book is kind of big.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>So all you Braille book people, is there a way to fold the book so I can tear lots of pages at once? Or can I use a letter opener to zip through them?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Brandon Keith Biggs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:brandonboy13@comcast.net" title="brandonboy13@comcast.net">Brandon Keith Biggs</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Friday, March 30, 2012 10:27 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org" title="menvi-discuss@menvi.org">This is for discussing music and braille literacy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Question about NLS?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Yep, but I was meaning on NLS without being able to read the piece in any way.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>They should at least give the key signature!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>It's like Amazon listing an Opera, but not saying who the soloists are... NOT COOL!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>LOL<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Brandon Keith Biggs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:debrabaxley@att.net" title="debrabaxley@att.net">Debra Baxley</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Friday, March 30, 2012 10:40 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org" title="menvi-discuss@menvi.org">'This is for discussing music and braille literacy'</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Question about NLS?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>You might need to ask one of your sighted classmates, or, if it's the final, your teacher to name the notes of the chord of the piece, and the notes of the cadences.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Debra</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org">menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org]">[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Debra Baxley<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 30, 2012 7:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'This is for discussing music and braille literacy'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Question about NLS?</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Find the last chord in the song; the root note of the chord will give you the key. Also, find the cadences of the song in order to determine whether it's in a Major or in a minor key. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Debra</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org">menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org]">[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brandon Keith Biggs<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 29, 2012 8:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> This is for discussing music and braille literacy<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Question about NLS?</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Is there an easy way to tell what key a song is? I want to know what key:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate.nls?present+5206116+Default+1+1+F+1.2.840.10003.5.10+1+/cgi-bin/zgate.nls%3fACTION%3dINIT%26amp;FORM_HOST_PORT%3d/prod/www/data/nls/catalog/index.html,z3950.loc.gov,7490" title="http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate.nls?present+5206116+Default+1+1+F+1.2.840.10003.5.10+1+/cgi-bin/zgate.nls%3fACTION%3dINIT%26amp;FORM_HOST_PORT%3d/prod/www/data/nls/catalog/index.html,z3950.loc.gov,7490">http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate.nls?present+5206116+Default+1+1+F+1.2.840.10003.5.10+1+/cgi-bin/zgate.nls%3fACTION%3dINIT%26amp;FORM_HOST_PORT%3d/prod/www/data/nls/catalog/index.html,z3950.loc.gov,7490</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>is, but I’m not sure how to other than printing it out.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Brandon Keith Biggs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:brandonboy13@comcast.net" title="brandonboy13@comcast.net">Brandon Keith Biggs</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Thursday, March 29, 2012 5:43 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org" title="menvi-discuss@menvi.org">This is for discussing music and braille literacy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> [Menvi-discuss] Question about NLS?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I want Arm Arm Ye Brave by Handel and I found it in this book:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate.nls?present+450624+Default+6+1+F+1.2.840.10003.5.10+26+/cgi-bin/zgate.nls%3fACTION%3dINIT%26amp;FORM_HOST_PORT%3d/prod/www/data/nls/catalog/index.html,z3950.loc.gov,7490" title="http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate.nls?present+450624+Default+6+1+F+1.2.840.10003.5.10+26+/cgi-bin/zgate.nls%3fACTION%3dINIT%26amp;FORM_HOST_PORT%3d/prod/www/data/nls/catalog/index.html,z3950.loc.gov,7490">http://www.loc.gov/cgi-bin/zgate.nls?present+450624+Default+6+1+F+1.2.840.10003.5.10+26+/cgi-bin/zgate.nls%3fACTION%3dINIT%26amp;FORM_HOST_PORT%3d/prod/www/data/nls/catalog/index.html,z3950.loc.gov,7490</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I’m wondering if there is any way to just download one song so I can print it out? I don’t have a braille display and I have no idea how many pages this book is. Besides my neighbors might hate me after embossing a whole book, but I’m totally happy to suffer their enmity if this is what people recommend.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>BTW for some reason there are all these awesome fantabulous low voice books I’m salivating over on NLS that I didn’t see last time I was on here last year. Is it that I learned how to search? XD... IDK but thank you to all you fantacular Braille transcribers for this low voice stuff!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Brandon Keith Biggs<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you for subscribing to MENVI. Should you wish to unsubscribe, change your delivery, or set any other options available to you, please view the list information page below. Should you have any questions, please contact the owner of the list.<br>_______________________________________________<br>Menvi-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Menvi-discuss@menvi.org">Menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.menvi.org/mailman/listinfo/menvi-discuss_menvi.org">http://mail.menvi.org/mailman/listinfo/menvi-discuss_menvi.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you for subscribing to MENVI. Should you wish to unsubscribe, change your delivery, or set any other options available to you, please view the list information page below. Should you have any questions, please contact the owner of the list.<br>_______________________________________________<br>Menvi-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Menvi-discuss@menvi.org">Menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.menvi.org/mailman/listinfo/menvi-discuss_menvi.org">http://mail.menvi.org/mailman/listinfo/menvi-discuss_menvi.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you for subscribing to MENVI. Should you wish to unsubscribe, change your delivery, or set any other options available to you, please view the list information page below. 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