Braille Music: Let’s Tackle the Basics! (Extra 22)

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