[Menvi-discuss] Hi from Colorado

[Stephanie Pieck]

Marjorie,

Although you directed your questions to David, I will assume that, since you
posted them publicly to the list, you would welcome answers from others ...

There are many beginning piano books that are in Braille. Some popular ones
include Alfred's Basic Piano; Bastien books, including "The Adult Beginner"
(or "adult student"--can't remember the exact title); and books from Hal
Leonard's Piano Lessons series.

With regards to beginning methods for Braille music that would be available
in both print and Braille, you might try the exercise sections of Richard
Taesch's course, "An Introduction to Braille Music for the Blind Student,
Part I".

All of the above titles are available through the Library of Congress. For
print versions of Mr. Taesch's book, visit:

http://www.dancingdots.com

Hope this is helpful.

Happy retirement!

Stephanie Pieck

-----Original Message-----
From: Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of
Margery Herrington
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 7:06 PM
To: David Goldstein - Resource Center; This is for discussing music and
braille literacy
Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Hi from Colorado

Hello David,

I hope things are going well for you.  I've been reading your assorted posts
on the MENVI list serve, and I'm sure that the people involved appreciate
your comments and help.

The spring semester went very well for Jourdan Peters.  She's now registered
for her fall classes, which include her junior recital.  This past school
year, the music department didn't have staff meetings related to Jourdan as
they had the previous year.  They now worked out their strategies for
getting the materials Jourdan needs and for involving her in the classroom
activities and don't need extra meetings.  This past school year, the only
thing they needed me to do was to braille one class assignment that they
forgot to send to the transcriber.

In May, I retired from teaching biology at Adams State and moved to Pueblo,
CO.  Pueblo has a population of about one hundred thousand, compared to ten
thousand people in Alamosa and about forty-two thousand people in the whole
San Luis Valley, which is the size of the state of Connecticut.  I enjoyed
the 17 years that I lived in the Valley, but now that I am retired, I will
enjoy the wider range of activities available in a bigger place.  Pueblo is
about 20 miles east of the mountains, so I still have the chance to go
hiking and such.

My sister and brother-in-law have a question I said I'd ask you.  They have
a friend who is about 35 years old and is blind who has just started taking
piano lessons.  He hasn't been involved with music before but is interested
in expanding his range of activities.  He's taking lessons from a sighted
person who doesn't know literary or music braille. From what my
brother-in-law has heard, it sounds like the instruction is currently being
done by rote.  Their friend, who uses literary braille, would like to learn
music braille.  What do you suggest?  Are there beginning piano books in
both music braille and print?  If so, where can they be obtained?
 Is there a book in braille for someone without a music background to use in
learning music braille?

Thanks for your help.  I'll look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Margery Herrington









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