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

[Lee Strickland]

Hi Mark,

I have been wanting to create an online accessible Braille Music Course for
so long but do not have the technical skills to do so.  I have asked the
creators of UEB Online (free braille literacy program) to make a Braille
Music Course but I know this is a big task and nothing as yet has come
about.

I work with students and adults teaching them Braille Music, some of whom
have recently lost or have had severe decline in vision and others who are
blind.  The main book I use, and have learnt from being sighted myself is
Mary De Garmo's Introduction to Braille Music Transcription.  This is my
Braille Music Bible : )

It is not a braille music course, rather a guide for sighted users to learn
braille music.  Having over 15 years teaching music as a teacher (both
secondary schooling and special needs), I make my own programs to teach
based on the knowledge I have learnt from the De Garmo book (and others).

I can send you the words and brf files of this book if you like?

I would also be more than happy to share resources I have made to help
students and adults learn how to read and write Braille Music.  Please let
me know offline if you would like to chat more about this?

Warm regards,
Lee Strickland

Dotted Beats Pty Ltd

Music Tuition and Mentoring:
Multiple Disabilities and Vision Impairment
P:  0428 697 370
E:  dottedbeats at gmail.com


On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 at 05:38, Marc Sabatella via Menvi-discuss <
menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Marc Sabatella
> marc at outsideshore.com
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