[Menvi-discuss] Accessible music notation software

[Bill McCann]

Hi Rachel,

Certainly everyone has their own way of working.  When I play jazz and pop tunes on my trumpet or on the piano, I often use my ear to learn them.

But it is worth considering that a thorough braille music score can not only tell you which notes to play and their durations, it can also give you all of the nuances of a score that appear in the print version.  For example, the braille score can show you crescendos, trills and other ornaments, staccatos and other articulations, slurs, ties, etc.  These details are not always obvious by listening to the computer play back a MIDI file.

Whether you learn the piece by ear or from a braille score or by a combination of the two, you must still play it from memory with your two hands.  😊  But having read the braille score, you can perform confidently knowing that you really know all of the details of the score.

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From: Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org> On Behalf Of Rachel Harris via Menvi-discuss
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 12:27 PM
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Cc: Rachel Harris <reharris2006 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Accessible music notation software

Do you use a mac? I know Logic Prro has lots of flexibility in terms of midi files being imported into the software; is that what you’re looking for? It should be able to convert the notation to midi so you can learn by listening to the piece, and it has lots of flexibility regarding turning certain parts(left vs. Right hand) on and off, among other features.not sure if this is what you’re looking for, plus I don’t know anything about braille notation(I have laways learned my music by ear. It seems more practical since most instruments, such as piano, require you to play with two hands, but reading braille also takes two hands.)

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:59 AM Dewald van Deventer via Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss at menvi.org<mailto:menvi-discuss at menvi.org>> wrote:
Hi all. It's been a while since I've posted here. I've only recently resubscribed, so sorry if I am reposting a question.

I would like to know from you guys how you learn new pieces, especially for piano.
I've played with a few programs like Ibos, Braille Music Reader, Braille Music Editor, etc. and music notation software like Lime from Dancing Dots, etc.
But I am looking for a way to import an XML file that you can download from the internet, "I use Musescore's library", and have it displayed in Braille, and that can play it back to you.
Braille Music Reader is amazing, but it supports all kind of weird file formats.
Ibos only displays one measure at a time...
Musescore is developing nicely. You can even export to BRF now.
Optimally, it would be nice to have an app on my phone or iPad to sit at the piano, and browse through my score, and even disable dynamic markings at first, etc.
If any of you can give me some advice on how you do it.

Thanks,
Dewald.


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