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After a recap of octave signs and intervals, this session covered:
- Word signs
- Ties and slurs
- Phrase marks
Speaker: Alexandru Cozaciuc
Braille Music: Let’s Tackle the Basics! (Extra 22)
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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):
- 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
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