[Menvi-discuss] Braille percussion symbols - help?

[Bettie & Bill Downing]

http://www.opustec.com/products/guide/guide.pdf  Has the 1974 De Garmo Manual for Braille Music which has the rules for drums.  The newer one doesn't have this info.


You definitely don't use octave marks  and the snare drum uses third octave E while the bass drum uses second octave A.  A roll uses the fractioning signs.  There are 2 methods for marking right or left hands.  In one method you use the organ symbols for feet which would be dot 1 left and 123 for right.  The other method uses keyboard hand signs.  Most people prefer the first method and they are usually only utilized in beginning music.




On Jun 30, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Janice Stone wrote:

> 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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