[Menvi-discuss] Braille percussion symbols - help?

[Janice Stone]

Hello everyone,

I have a student who is interested in beginning to learn a little
percussion (she already plays other band instruments).  I have been trying
to find how to transcribe some easy music for her for snare drum and have
been frustrated in my search for information.  I'm sure I must not be
looking in the right places.  I have "Introduction to Braille Music
Transcription" by De Garmo, The Braille Music Code, and a Braille Music
Dictionary.

What I'm specifically looking to find are the following things:
In percussion clef you don't use octave marks, so how do you deal with that
when each line is supposed to start with an octave mark?
Do you use a different letter for snare drum versus bass drum?
What is the symbol for a roll?
What is the way to mark R for right hand or L for left hand?

The beginning book I'm using is Standard of Excellence - book 1 for drums
and mallets.  They also use a symbol that looks like the letter "Z" on the
quarter note stem to represent a "multiple bounce stroke" which is the
precursor to learning a roll.  Is there a braille symbol to use for this?

I'd love to find some kind of reference that deals specifically with these
issues, and other percussion symbols.  If I'm just not looking in the right
places in the materials I have, please let me know where to look.  If there
is an online resource that would also be helpful.

Thanks for any assistance you can give:)

Janice Stone
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