[Menvi-discuss] Young Braille music student/keep those suggestions coming/question

[Sandra Gayer]

Hello Kimberly,
I'm surprised an 11-year-old doesn't know fractions yet.  I'm sure
he'll understand the concept of dividing, especially pizza or cake.
You may get away with pretend objects you can pull apart but you might
like to resort to real cake/pizza, halves, quarters, eighths etc.
Thinking out loud, squares are probably easier to conceptualise in
this way as your student can, eventually, section them mentally, using
the tactile memory you will build together. If you introduce the
notion of halves and quarters, using shapes cut out of another shape,
letting your student feel each stage of the process, then translating
this into music, using a basic nursery rime and I suggest 4/4 at
first, I'm sure it will work out.

HTH,
very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 2/20/23, ruby alphonse via Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:
> Hi Kimberly I generally use the books  Braille music for the beginners
> for the Piano by Joan Partridge, there are exercises nicely explained
> the time valu, e note value,   articulations,   dynamics,  and
> abriviations,  intervels and so on. another book I use, Read Rember
> and Play, This book is also very well explained I find everything very
> well explained.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Ruby.
>
> On 2/20/23, Kimberly Morrow via Menvi-discuss <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
> wrote:
>> First, I want to thank all of the wonderful people on this list who have
>> offered suggestions for teaching an 11-year-old Braille reader to read
>> Braille music. Now, yet another question. I'm confident he hasn't covered
>> fractions yet in school. So. . .what is the easiest way to explain note
>> values to an 11-year-old? How can I simplify the process of rhythm to
>> make
>> it more comprehensible?
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks again!
>>
>>
>>
>> Kimberly in KC
>>
>>
>>
>>
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