[Menvi-discuss] Note reading

Wed Jan 16 13:34:16 EST 2013

It is what sight reading is and we call it sight singing because we use 
some form of music whether instrumentalists or vocalists or both like 
with me where we memorize a piece of music bar by bar or section by 
section by reading the music then singing it then play it if several of 
us are both vocalists/instrumentalists, and if there is several of you 
who aren't in that category and fit one or the other, you can definitely 
still sing it out or say the note names and clap the rhythm out as well.

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On 1/16/2013 10:25 AM, Dale Lieser wrote:
>
> Well stated, Bill.
>
> *From:*Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Bill
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 16, 2013 1:09 PM
> *To:* 'This is for discussing music and braille literacy'
> *Subject:* Re: [Menvi-discuss] Note reading
>
> Dear Ms. Walker,
>
> Here's a quote from an interview Laurie Rubin gave to the Wall Street 
> Journal blog:
>
> "There is braille notation, but I don't tend to use it. I came to 
> braille music very late. The thing that I don't like is that it's so 
> linear, and you're taking in everything piecemeal. A sighted person 
> can look at a whole score and they can see where it's going. When 
> you're looking at braille music, it's note by note by note. It just 
> gives me the willies. It's like putting thread through a needle. It's 
> painstaking. I do most everything by ear."
>
> So Miss Rubin would not seem to be a valuable source of encouragement 
> on the topic of note-reading in braille.  One excellent singer who 
> completely understands how braille music works and how to integrate it 
> into her own work is Jessica Bachicha.  I am not sure if she is a 
> subscriber on this MENVI listserv but I am sure that she is a member.  
> You should be able to find her listed in the MENVI directory.  In 
> addition, there are numerous subscribers here who know a great deal 
> about the subject as many of us are blind musicians who have used 
> braille music for a long time.  That is, you have come to the right 
> place to ask. J
>
> An observation on Rubin's quote: yes, "A sighted person can look at a 
> whole score and they can see where it's going" and a sighted person 
> can also look down the road while driving a car and see things like 
> traffic signals and roadblocks.  The sense of sight allows people who 
> have it to perceive objects without having to touch them.  The human 
> eye can zoom in and zoom out.  The medium of print music notation 
> matches the visual capabilities of sighted people fairly well.
>
> But so what?  If we cannot see, we must find another way.  Certainly 
> learning by ear is a coping strategy which I have used myself when 
> braille scores were not available.  But learning by ear can remove us 
> from the source of the information because we end up mimicking the 
> interpretation of whoever read that score and realized it.
>
> Louis Braille designed his ingenious music system to match how blind 
> people perceive information by touch.  In a sense, we are always 
> zoomed in to the braille character that fits beneath the tip of a 
> finger.  The medium of braille notation is well suited to how blind 
> people acquire information tactually.  Linear presentation delivers 
> information in a logical progression.  The order of braille music 
> signs supports memorization. Blind vocalists can actually read while 
> singing but instrumentalists must memorize the score before performing 
> it.
>
> Just as sighted musicians must synthesize score information into an 
> internal picture of the score, so too must we blind musicians.  We all 
> must internalize the music before we can competently perform or 
> analyze it.  In other words, our brains must understand the music.  
> Print and braille music notation are just different methods to deliver 
> the information to our brains.
>
> Bill McCann
>
> President
>
> Dancing Dots Braille Music Technology, L.P.
>
> www.DancingDots.com <http://www.DancingDots.com>
>
> Tel:  610-783-6692
>
> *From:*Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Mary A. Walker
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:51 AM
> *To:* This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> *Subject:* [Menvi-discuss] Note reading
>
> Hello Everyone!
>
> I am an elementary general and choral music teacher interested in 
> learning how to read braille music.  I have two questions.
>
> 1.  Do you have any course recommendations for braille music and/or 
> teaching music to the visually impaired?  My colleague recommended the 
> Hadley School for the Blind online course.
>
> 2.  In what context do students typically learn to read braille 
> music?  From a private music teacher?  A TVI?  Or a public school 
> music teacher?  I recently read Laurie Rubin's book, hoping to gain 
> insight into how to best support note reading in the classroom 
> setting.  It was a great book but she did not go into specifics 
> related to note reading.
>
> Any recommendations are greatly appreciated!
>
> Thank you!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mary A. Walker
>
> School #3 Music Teacher
>
> Oceanside School District
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*Menvi-discuss [menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of 
> Timothy Clark Music [timothyclarkmusic at me.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:10 AM
> *To:* This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> *Subject:* [Menvi-discuss] Fwd: [Members] I have four magic questions 
> for you...
>
> Timothy
>
>  Your friend in the music industry
>
> http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com
>
>  7244011224
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: ***Chris Rockett** <contact at promoteyourmusic.net 
> <mailto:contact at promoteyourmusic.net>>
>
> *Subject: [Members] I have four magic questions for you...*
>
> *Date: *January 13, 2013 12:21:20 AM EST
>
> *To: *Timothy Clark Music <timothyclarkmusic at me.com 
> <mailto:timothyclarkmusic at me.com>>
>
> Hey Guys,
>
> Just wanted to share a few questions I've started asking myself
>
> every morning to stay on track...think they will help you too.
>
> *Here goes...*
>
> 1) What five things must I do today to move my music career
>
> forward?
>
> 2) Who do I need to speak to today who can help me
>
> on the journey?
>
> 3) Who have I already reached out to and need to follow up with?
>
> 4) What are the main things I must complete today,
>
> no matter what? (Do this stuff first)
>
> *That's it!*
>
> Try and hold off looking in your email inbox until you have got the
>
> most important things done, because your email will usually be full of a
>
> bunch of stuff that other people want you to do and you suddenly
>
> have no time left for yourself.
>
> I'd love to hear some of your answers.
>
> - Chris
>
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