[Menvi-discuss] braille music and piano lessons

[Dale Lieser]

Regarding wrist and hand position, think that you have a fragile bubble
under the palm of your hand. That helps toward proper alignment.

The dots thing with braille music will come with familiarity. Try to add the
rhythmic values quickly within a measure. That way expectation can help fill
in what might otherwise not be easily recognized.


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From: Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of
Kelsey Nicolay
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 9:08 PM
To: menvi-discuss at menvi.org
Subject: [Menvi-discuss] braille music and piano lessons

Hello,
My piano teacher and I have been working together since 1999, but 
we have been either using tapes or she has been telling me what 
notes to play.  Now we are starting to learn Braille.  She is 
helping me using the large print edition of "A Primer of Braille 
Music." It is going fairly well, but I am finding that I tend to 
confuse the quarter note B with a half note G.  I realize that 
the difference is in the arrangement of the dots, but to me, they 
feel similar.  I do not have this problem in literary Braille 
though.  Does anyone have any suggestions en how to tell the 
difference? Is this something that will come with practice? Also, 
my teacher and I are beginning to realize that my fingers are 
curved, but not curved enough, meaning that my wrist is dropping 
further than it should be.  I know someone on an earlier post 
mentioned that when typing, your fingers are curved, but when 
using my braille note, they are flat.  Any ideas on how my 
teacher and I can work on this? I find that since I have been 
playing with flat fingers ever since I started, now when my 
fingers are curved, I cannot judge as easily where my fingers are 
on the keyboard.  Any suggestions to help with this would be 
greatly appreciated as well.
Have a good evening,
Kelsey Nicolay

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