<div dir="ltr">Hey Stephanie, That's great to hear. That said, for better or for worse, over 95% of the braille scores currently available on IMSLP are being uploaded by a single person named Haipeng Hu, who hosts all his transcription work (including all the braille scores he uploaded to IMSLP so far) on <a href="http://brailleorch.org">brailleorch.org</a>. Is there any way to get more braille music transcribers or libraries for the blind to upload suitable public domain contents to IMSLP?<div><br></div><div>Another big issue is that the bulk of Haipeng's transcriptions are for orchestra or chamber ensemble. Because producing both full scores and performance parts per piece is too time consuming, and because Haipeng sources most of his MusicXML files from publishers, he is only able to publish full scores for ensemble music in braille format. This means that if someone wants just the first violin part for one of the orchestra scores he transcribed, the only way to get it is to contact him directly and ask for a MusicXML to convert yourself. I've gotten a few pieces of my needed orchestra music this way. This is, of course, a non-issue for solo piano or instrumental music.</div><div><br></div><div>I wish way more MusicXML/notation files were available on IMSLP. The thing is, IMSLP has allowed uploads of MusicXML/notation files for years. It's just that the vast majority of people who are uploading typeset PDFs to IMSLP are choosing to leave the corresponding notation files behind.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 1:27 PM Stephanie Pieck 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"><div class="msg391519516943025329"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="m_391519516943025329WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">I can report that IMSLP does now have over 600 braille scores and the list grows a little each day. I’ve already benefited from this resource, finding scores for several pieces I thought I’d have to get transcribed on my own.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Steph<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,"sans-serif""> Menvi-discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org" target="_blank">menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ella Yu via Menvi-discuss<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 02, 2024 12:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> This is for discussing music and braille literacy<br><b>Cc:</b> Ella Yu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Menvi-discuss] Music XML resources<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi, thanks for posting the list of websites offering music in MusicXML format compiled by the official MusicXML people. Unfortunately, I think the list is out of date, as a number of the websites on it are no longer available. Also, many of the websites on that list actually only offer a very small percentage of their material in XML format. For instance, I'd say less than 5% of material on IMSLP is available in MusicXML format, but interestingly, IMSLP recently started accepting braille music scores, which I posted about on this list back in January. I have not personally investigated the Choral Public Domain Library, but I suspect it is a fairly useful resource for accessible choral materials.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 6:39 AM Stephanie Pieck via Menvi-discuss <<a href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org" target="_blank">menvi-discuss@menvi.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Recently there was a question about where to find scores in XML format. The following link may be of use. This site lists several options for where to find XML scores. I hope this is helpful.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.musicxml.com/music-in-musicxml/" target="_blank">https://www.musicxml.com/music-in-musicxml/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Steph<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">---------<br><br>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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