[Menvi-discuss] EXT: Re: New member with a few questions

[Jessica Stover]

Who’s Afraid of Braille Music is a great book.

Jessica Stover-
6 and 7 grade band director.
Tallmadge Middle School
stover.jessica at tallmadgeschools.org
330-633-4994 Ex: 2131



On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 5:46 PM Bill McCann from Dancing Dots via
Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:

> Hi Shannon and Kathleen,
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> Thanks for listing these resources, Kathleen.  Another book to consider is
> called “Who’s Afraid of Braille Music?” which you can find at the following
> link.  It will teach you the basics of braille music as well as describe
> the differences between the print and braille methods for notating music.
> It has been helpful to both blind and sighted people especially those who
> are relatively new to the music braille code.
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> For more information, go to:
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> https://dancingdots.com/prodesc/whosafraid.htm
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> The link Kathleen gave for APH must be broken.  But if you go to the
> following link and type
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> Alfred’s piano for adults
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> Into the search box, you will find it there:
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> https://louis.aph.org/search/#/
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> Hello from Dancing Dots,
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> Bill
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> *From:* Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org> *On Behalf Of *Kathleen
> Cantrell via Menvi-discuss
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 19, 2023 10:16 AM
> *To:* This is for discussing music and braille literacy <
> menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
> *Cc:* Kathleen Cantrell <kathleen at spellboundbraille.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Menvi-discuss] New member with a few questions
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> Hi Shannon!
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> There are a couple of resources you can check out that might be of
> interest.
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> Feel the Beat published by APH.
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> https://www.aph.org/product/feel-the-beat-2/
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> How to Read Braille Music
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> https://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/MUSIC.html?from_search=1
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> Intro to Braille Music for the Blind Student
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> https://www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/publications.htm
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> Another option is to find some instrument method books – piano, violin,
> trumpet – and read the braille to see how the concepts are introduced to
> the student. These beginning methods assume that the student has no prior
> musical knowledge so takes things from the very beginning.
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> https://louis.aph.org/product/Alfreds-Group-Piano-for-Adults-Book-1,166076.aspx?FormatFilter=1
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> I hope these are some help!
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> On Dec 19, 2023, at 7:47 AM, Shannon Williams via Menvi-discuss <
> menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I’m fairly new to this list and am really enjoying the messages and topics
> so far. When I was young I was able to read large print music and use a
> CCTV to magnify what I needed to play. Recently I have started playing
> again (I play the flute) and due to more vision loss have had to use audio
> recordings to learn my parts. My parts are recorded on a piano by someone
> and she gives all details of the music including notes, time and key
> signatures, and all other important tempo markings and anything else I’ll
> need and then I memorize the pice of music. I also used to have someone put
> it into MuseScore for me but she is no longer able to help me. I am looking
> at learning music braille but it is hard to find training so I’d like to
> just teach myself. I think learning music braille will be helpful for me.
> If anyone can point me in the direction of resources for that I’d
> appreciate it. I have access to an old Braille Sense U2. I also wanted to
> know if there’s a difference between MuseScore and the Good Feel software
> from Dancing Dots? I know MuseScore is free and that Dancing Dots software
> also has a braille translator and scanning software and a higher price tag.
> I’ve been offered funding for anything I need that would help me to have an
> easier time learning the music. So I’d like to poll the list to see what
> works well for everyone-MuseScore or Dancing Dots? BrailleSense notetaker
> or something multi-line? Would an embosser be a good investment to make
> hard copies? If there are any flute players on the list I’d love to get in
> touch with you. I live in Ontario Canada so using any resources from NLS is
> not possible. I’m looking at software because the woman who currently
> records my music is extremely busy and I’d like to be able to learn my
> pieces with more independence instead of waiting for the recordings.
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> Thanks for any help you can give. I really appreciate any suggestions you
> can offer.
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> Shannon
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