[Menvi-discuss] Support for sighted musicians learning Braille music?

[David Goldstein]

Check with the Music Section of NLS Library of Congress, nlsm at loc.gov <mailto:nlsm at loc.gov> 

The Hadley Institute had at least one course in basic braille music for interested sighted adults. I believe the print textbooks were transferred to NLS and may be borrowed. Maybe you and your student could start by reading those books and then you could find a coach who could work with you through the lesson exercises. 

That’s one idea, anyway.

 

David

 

 

 

From: Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org> On Behalf Of Marc Sabatella via Menvi-discuss
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Cc: Marc Sabatella <marc at outsideshore.com>
Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Support for sighted musicians learning Braille music?

 

As a sighted educator who sometimes works with blind students, I've learned a bit of Braille here and there.  I've long had it in my head to learn more - not expecting to become fluent, but just to be able to help students more.  Also to be able to do small amounts of transcription of simple examples using the basic tools available to me (automatic conversion tools, editing in Toby Rush's Braille Music Notator, etc).  And now, I have one student who is also an educator and is not currently blind but recently learned that this is probably in her future, so she is also interested in getting a head start on learning Braille music.

 

I'm wondering two things.  One, what resources might one recommend for someone in my/our position - sighted educators wanting to learn a little more than just the basics of Braille music?  And two, on the assumption that there really isn't a resource perfectly tailored for this already, what could I do to help facilitate something along these lines?  I have experience in creating accessible online courses and I have a reasonably accessible online community where I could host someone interested in coming on as a coach.

 

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Marc Sabatella
marc at outsideshore.com <mailto:marc at outsideshore.com> 

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