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Listen "Braille Music: Let’s Tackle the Basics! (Extra 22)"
Episode Synopsis
Topics covered in this session:
Debunking some myths
Notes and note values - quavers, crotchets, minims, semibreves and dotted notes
Sharp, flat and natural signs
Time signatures and their placement - 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, common time, 6/8, 9/8
Key signatures and their placement - D major (2 sharps), A major (3 sharps), B major (5 sharps) and F sharp major (6 sharps)
Resources of interest:
RNIB Music Advisory Service
Braille Music for Beginners for the Piano by Joan Partridge: available from RNIB, product code 25282902 (braille) or 25282903 (print)
A Course in Braille Music by Maeve Smith
Focus on Braille Music by Lisette Wesseling, published by Musicians in Focus Ltd and available from Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
Who's Afraid of Braille Music? by Richard Taesch and William R. McCann, available from Dancing Dots
Braille Music in a Digital Age, by Roger Firman and Clare Gailans, published by the International Council on English Braille at its Seventh General Assembly (2020):
Microsoft Word
BRF
Video presentation by Roger Firman and James Bowden on Youtube
Hadley School for the Blind braille music course (no longer available)
ICEB Braille Music page
New International Manual of Braille Music Notation
BrailleOrch (in English)
Braille Music Editor
Follow @stuartlawler and @roisindermody on Twitter
Join the next event on Monday 10 May 2021 at 8:00 PM in the UK and Ireland
Join the Braillists Foundation on Clubhouse
Debunking some myths
Notes and note values - quavers, crotchets, minims, semibreves and dotted notes
Sharp, flat and natural signs
Time signatures and their placement - 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, common time, 6/8, 9/8
Key signatures and their placement - D major (2 sharps), A major (3 sharps), B major (5 sharps) and F sharp major (6 sharps)
Resources of interest:
RNIB Music Advisory Service
Braille Music for Beginners for the Piano by Joan Partridge: available from RNIB, product code 25282902 (braille) or 25282903 (print)
A Course in Braille Music by Maeve Smith
Focus on Braille Music by Lisette Wesseling, published by Musicians in Focus Ltd and available from Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
Who's Afraid of Braille Music? by Richard Taesch and William R. McCann, available from Dancing Dots
Braille Music in a Digital Age, by Roger Firman and Clare Gailans, published by the International Council on English Braille at its Seventh General Assembly (2020):
Microsoft Word
BRF
Video presentation by Roger Firman and James Bowden on Youtube
Hadley School for the Blind braille music course (no longer available)
ICEB Braille Music page
New International Manual of Braille Music Notation
BrailleOrch (in English)
Braille Music Editor
Follow @stuartlawler and @roisindermody on Twitter
Join the next event on Monday 10 May 2021 at 8:00 PM in the UK and Ireland
Join the Braillists Foundation on Clubhouse
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