[Menvi-discuss] Test transcription.

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi all,

I'm supposed to take my first theory test tomorrow.  Originally, my
teacher was going to give me an alternative test using the exercises
in my workbook which would cover the same material on the printed
test.  He gave the test to my aid to braille though, and of course she
does not know how to read braille music, or music in general.  I tried
to help her by telling her basic music symbols and how to braille
them, but she was having trouble understanding the flat and sharp
signs and certain things that I'll need in order to have brailled in
order to understand the questions on my test.

What I'm asking is, is it within the jurisdiction of a music
transcriber to transcribe tests?  I suppose future tests will have
sections of music which will need to be transcribed anyway, but the
majority of the test will be instructions.  Now, for example, we have
questions that ask for notation of certain intervals based on a
starting note and a numerical interview value, or to name an interval
numerically based on it's two notes, etc.  This, of course, would not
be an issue, however accidental signs combined with a complete
unfamiliarity of the music code make it impossible for my braillest to
do the work.  (I felt so bad for her.  She was asking me how to notate
a key signature and she was thinking in terms of nimeth and asked me
if she should use a superscript before notating a flat sign).  If
anyone has any advice or tips on where I should go to get my tests
brailled I would greatly appreciate it.



-- 
Kaiti