[Menvi-discuss] Learning Print Music

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi,

I have told my teacher the basic differences between braille and print
music.  I have even gone as far as to say phrases such as, "I'm never
going to have to physically read or write key signatures or music at
all for that matter in print," and "The way the braille system works,
the symbols take care of everything the staff does, just in a
different way."  I have also explained to him that Braille music is
read on a single line without staff lines and spaces.  I even tried to
justify using Lime to notate key signatures for me by pointing out
that just as the sighted students need to know how a staff and the
musical symbols look visually, I need to know other things that the
sighted students do not such as octave markings and symbols only found
in the braille music code.  However, the music department at my school
justified this decision by pointing out that none of the other kids
can make markings with a few clicks, and that if I'm ever in a
teaching position, which is what I want to do someday, I'll need to
know the structure of the staff in order to teach any sighted music
students I may have.  In the end, the point of taking this class now
is to prepare me for college theory, and though I don't fully agree
with this decision myself, I figure it's better to be over-prepared
and know something I may have to use in the future, even if it's only
on rare occasions.  That being said, I hope I didn't come off as
defensive because that was not how I was intending to sound, nor was I
defending the decision of my school music department because I think
that in some ways the print-music readers have their own advantages,
but any materials that you know of that relate to this issue would be
very useful and much appreciated.

Thanks.


On 9/7/11, Debra Baxley <debrabaxley at att.net> wrote:
> These books can be borrowed from the Library of Congress:  Piano Lessons,
> Level 1, and Piano Lessons, Level 3 has some embossed print music in it.
> Also, try Note Speller Level 1.  All of these books are by the Bastiens;
> they are In contracted Braille.
>
> Debra
>
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> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Learning Print Music
>
> Hi,
>
> I am currently taking my high school's theory course.  Last week my
> instructor noticed that by using Lime to notate key signatures the
> computer was doing the work for me.  (We were taking a quiz on writing
> key signatures and my sighted classmates were held accountable for the
> correct positioning of the accidentals on the staves).  To be fair to
> the other students in the class, my teacher decided that from now on
> he wants me to write out key signatures in a word document, with the
> number of sharps or flats and their placement on the staff.  However,
> having never read print music before I obviously don't know where the
> accidentals should go.  If anyone could point me in the direction of
> some tactile, braille, or text resources on the subject it would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>   P.S. If anyone knows of text resources that would explain any rules
> about key signature placement for different staves that would be great
> too, as we are using tenor, alto, and bass on a frequent basis
> already.
> Thanks.
> --
> Kaiti
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Kaiti