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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">It is what sight reading is and we call
it sight singing because we use some form of music whether
instrumentalists or vocalists or both like with me where we
memorize a piece of music bar by bar or section by section by
reading the music then singing it then play it if several of us
are both vocalists/instrumentalists, and if there is several of
you who aren't in that category and fit one or the other, you can
definitely still sing it out or say the note names and clap the
rhythm out as well.<br>
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On 1/16/2013 10:25 AM, Dale Lieser wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Well stated, Bill.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
Menvi-discuss [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org">mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Bill<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'This is for discussing music and braille
literacy'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Note reading</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear Ms. Walker,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Here’s a quote from an interview
Laurie Rubin gave to the Wall Street Journal blog:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>“There is braille notation, but I
don’t tend to use it. I came to braille music very late. The
thing that I don’t like is that it’s so linear, and you’re
taking in everything piecemeal. A sighted person can look at
a whole score and they can see where it’s going. When you’re
looking at braille music, it’s note by note by note. It just
gives me the willies. It’s like putting thread through a
needle. It’s painstaking. I do most everything by ear.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>So Miss Rubin would not seem to be a
valuable source of encouragement on the topic of
note-reading in braille. One excellent singer who
completely understands how braille music works and how to
integrate it into her own work is Jessica Bachicha. I am
not sure if she is a subscriber on this MENVI listserv but I
am sure that she is a member. You should be able to find
her listed in the MENVI directory. In addition, there are
numerous subscribers here who know a great deal about the
subject as many of us are blind musicians who have used
braille music for a long time. That is, you have come to
the right place to ask. </span><span>J</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>An observation on Rubin’s quote: yes,
“A sighted person can look at a whole score and they can see
where it’s going” and a sighted person can also look down
the road while driving a car and see things like traffic
signals and roadblocks. The sense of sight allows people
who have it to perceive objects without having to touch
them. The human eye can zoom in and zoom out. The medium
of print music notation matches the visual capabilities of
sighted people fairly well. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>But so what? If we cannot see, we
must find another way. Certainly learning by ear is a
coping strategy which I have used myself when braille scores
were not available. But learning by ear can remove us from
the source of the information because we end up mimicking
the interpretation of whoever read that score and realized
it. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Louis Braille designed his ingenious
music system to match how blind people perceive information
by touch. In a sense, we are always zoomed in to the
braille character that fits beneath the tip of a finger.
The medium of braille notation is well suited to how blind
people acquire information tactually. Linear presentation
delivers information in a logical progression. The order of
braille music signs supports memorization. Blind vocalists
can actually read while singing but instrumentalists must
memorize the score before performing it. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Just as sighted musicians must
synthesize score information into an internal picture of the
score, so too must we blind musicians. We all must
internalize the music before we can competently perform or
analyze it. In other words, our brains must understand the
music. Print and braille music notation are just different
methods to deliver the information to our brains. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Bill McCann</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>President</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dancing Dots Braille Music
Technology, L.P.</span></p>
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href="http://www.DancingDots.com">www.DancingDots.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Tel: 610-783-6692</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
Menvi-discuss [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary A. Walker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> This is for discussing music and braille
literacy<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Menvi-discuss] Note reading</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hello Everyone!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I am an elementary general and
choral music teacher interested in learning how to read
braille music. I have two questions. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>1. Do you have any course
recommendations for braille music and/or teaching music
to the visually impaired? My colleague recommended the
Hadley School for the Blind online course. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>2. In what context do students
typically learn to read braille music? From a private
music teacher? A TVI? Or a public school music
teacher? I recently read Laurie Rubin's book, hoping to
gain insight into how to best support note reading in
the classroom setting. It was a great book but she did
not go into specifics related to note reading. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Any recommendations are greatly
appreciated! </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thank you!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Sincerely,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Mary A. Walker</span><span></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> This is for discussing music and braille
literacy<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Menvi-discuss] Fwd: [Members] I have
four magic questions for you...</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span>Timothy
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From: </span></b><span>**Chris
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Subject: [Members] I have
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Date: </span></b><span>January
13, 2013 12:21:20 AM EST</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Just wanted to share a few
questions I've started asking myself</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>every morning to stay on
track...think they will help you too.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Here goes...</span></strong><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>1) What five things must I
do today to move my music career</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>2) Who do I need to speak
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>4) What are the main things
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stuff first)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Try and hold off looking in
your email inbox until you have got the</span></p>
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because your email will usually be full of a</span></p>
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people want you to do and you suddenly </span></p>
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