<div dir="ltr">FWIW, sighted music students normally learn about note durations long before they learn about fractions. Schools in the US start teaching note duration in music around grade 1 but don't deal with fractions in math until several years later. In practice, it's just not a big deal. First, you don't need to understand fractions to be able to count, so you can talk bout notes getting different numbers of beats even with pre-school children. And they've all heard these words before - they know that half an hour is a shorter amount of time than an hour, that sharing a treat with someone means they each get half, they know there are four quarters in a dollar, they understand the idea of a pizza being cut into eight slices, etc. They don't need to really have a firm grasp on the mathematics of fractions to get the basic idea of how note durations work.<div><br></div><div>Marc</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 3:13 AM Sandra Gayer via Menvi-discuss <<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello Kimberly,<br>
I'm surprised an 11-year-old doesn't know fractions yet. I'm sure<br>
he'll understand the concept of dividing, especially pizza or cake.<br>
You may get away with pretend objects you can pull apart but you might<br>
like to resort to real cake/pizza, halves, quarters, eighths etc.<br>
Thinking out loud, squares are probably easier to conceptualise in<br>
this way as your student can, eventually, section them mentally, using<br>
the tactile memory you will build together. If you introduce the<br>
notion of halves and quarters, using shapes cut out of another shape,<br>
letting your student feel each stage of the process, then translating<br>
this into music, using a basic nursery rime and I suggest 4/4 at<br>
first, I'm sure it will work out.<br>
<br>
HTH,<br>
very best wishes,<br>
Sandra.<br>
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On 2/20/23, ruby alphonse via Menvi-discuss <<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org" target="_blank">menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Kimberly I generally use the books Braille music for the beginners<br>
> for the Piano by Joan Partridge, there are exercises nicely explained<br>
> the time valu, e note value, articulations, dynamics, and<br>
> abriviations, intervels and so on. another book I use, Read Rember<br>
> and Play, This book is also very well explained I find everything very<br>
> well explained.<br>
><br>
> Hope that helps.<br>
><br>
> Ruby.<br>
><br>
> On 2/20/23, Kimberly Morrow via Menvi-discuss <<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org" target="_blank">menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a>><br>
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>> First, I want to thank all of the wonderful people on this list who have<br>
>> offered suggestions for teaching an 11-year-old Braille reader to read<br>
>> Braille music. Now, yet another question. I'm confident he hasn't covered<br>
>> fractions yet in school. So. . .what is the easiest way to explain note<br>
>> values to an 11-year-old? How can I simplify the process of rhythm to<br>
>> make<br>
>> it more comprehensible?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Many thanks again!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Kimberly in KC<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Marc Sabatella<br><a href="mailto:marc@outsideshore.com" target="_blank">marc@outsideshore.com</a><br></div></div>