[Menvi-discuss] Learning Print Music

[Julie McGinnity]

Hi.

I think the others are right.  When I took music theory in both high
school and college, I had to explain to my teachers how braille music
works.  I also had to right out the key signatures--just which sharps
and flats belong each key and their order.  I did not have to notate
them on the staff though.

I think though that it might be useful for you to know how the notes
are placed in print on the staff just so that you know what sighted
musicians are talking about when they talk about the different cleffs
and things.


My piano teacher made me a board with lines on it to imitate the
staff.  Perhaps, you could get your vision teacher to make you
something like that.  Just a suggestion.



On 9/7/11, Bettie Downing <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Every way of writing music is just simply a code.  Braille music is one code
> and most of our print music is another.  Several people have tried to write
> different music codes since they were not happy with the way print music is
> done.  Nobody yet has come up with a completely better way.  I am sighted
> and am perfectly happy with the braille music code and think it is much
> easier in a lot of ways to the print.  Yet, for sightreading, I can read
> print music better.  Neither are perfect but they are only a way to make
> music simple to pass on to others.  Neither are sacred.
>
>
>
> On Sep 7, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>
>> Agreed. It sounds like your teacher needs to realize that you don't read
>> things the same way the sighted kids do.
>>
>> That said, what does he/she need from you regarding key signatures? Beyond
>> knowing what notes are sharp or flat in a given key, is there really
>> anything else to it that is of practical value?  I've only ever had to
>> know the order of sharps or flats, and these two pnemonics help:
>> Father Charles Godes Down And Ends Battle (the first letter of each word
>> gives you the order of sharps)
>> Battle Ends and Down Goes Charles's Father (gives you the flats).
>> The circle of fifths gives you the keys.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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Julie McG
 Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
Eyes for the Blind

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