[Menvi-discuss] Note reading
Chris Smart
csmart8 at cogeco.ca
Thu Jan 17 16:44:22 EST 2013
how is braille written for fixed do? I've never
heard anybody make that assertion.
and, isn't something written for alto cleff the
same in braille as it would be for any other
cleff, except for the octave signs?
At 11:46 AM 1/17/2013, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I sight read just fine without learning the
>music ahead of time. We actually just were
>introduced to alto clef and everyone followed me
>because I was the best at reading in that arcane cleff!
>Open-mouthed smile
>
>Of course I must see the format of the music
>before hand and trust there are no signs I
>don’t know, or jumps I can’t make. I’m
>also horrible when it comes to keeping within
>the right octave. I don’t like moveable do
>when Braille is written for the fixed do.
>Thanks,
>
>Brandon Keith Biggs
>
>From: <mailto:SClark6144 at aol.com>SClark6144 at aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:55 PM
>To: <mailto:menvi-discuss at menvi.org>menvi-discuss at menvi.org
>Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Note reading
>
>For sight reading music, the blind student
>should always have the music ahead of time to
>learn it. My student who played violin did the
>sight reading at contests with the other
>students, and we got the music ahead of time so
>he could learn it. They said he couldn't do it
>because he couldn't see, so I had to fight for
>it, but I got the message across...it's done
>that way in the UK also. I figured if he felt
>he couldn't do it, he would disqualify
>himself...no one should do that for him.
>
>In a message dated 1/16/2013 2:58:43 P.M. US
>Eastern Standard Time, MWalker at oceansideschools.org writes:
>Thank you for your thoughtful responses. I will
>share them with my TVI and other colleagues. I
>have taught students with a variety of special
>needs over the years. I have been teaching a
>student who is blind for the past two and a half
>years in general music. She is in a class with
>22 sighted students. I have done my best to
>give her the tools she will need to be an
>independent musician, however we are at the
>point (3rd grade) where the lessons progress
>into more complicated sight reading. My student
>is still learning to read literary braille so I
>understand the debate about when to teach
>braille music very well. The TVI in my building
>is a first year teacher and doesn't have much
>experience with music. We are trying to
>navigate how and when it is appropriate to teach note reading.
>
>It is invaluable for me to hear what is done in
>other schools in order to contribute to our
>discussion on how to handle note reading. I'm
>not a stickler for note reading but I believe
>that all of my students should be taught to
>learn music both aurally and through reading for
>precisely the reasons Mr. McCann stated when he
>said, "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." This is precisely
>the reason why we teach note reading to any student.
>
>Thanks again for all of your input. I've already
>learned a great deal since joining this group over the summer.
>
>Sincerely,
>Mary A. Walker
>School #3 Music Teacher
>Oceanside School District
>
>
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>Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Note reading
>
>I wonder just how Laurie would notate music,
>other than linearly. She doesn't offer a better
>way. I don't mean to be sarcastic, but a print
>reader can see, and print music is a visual
>representation of sound. Braille music is
>linear because the reader cannot see it. When I
>did research for my book, I found some examples
>of raised print music (the pictures are in my
>book) that people had attempted to use for blind
>readers. Obviously, that was not
>successful. It's one thing to look at notes on
>a staff and quite another to touch the whole
>picture (which is what it is) and try to figure out what it is.
>Syl
>
>In a message dated 1/16/2013 1:36:52 P.M. US
>Eastern Standard Time, bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com writes:
>Amen to that!!
>
>
>On Jan 16, 2013, at 12:25 PM, 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.â€
> >
> > 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
> > 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
> >
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