[Menvi-discuss] Using Braille Music to compose

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi Brandon,

I have yet to compose in braille, but here's a thought that might work
for you.

In my high school theory course I did not have a transcriber or anyone
in my school who could back-translate the braille into computer
notation.  This meant that I had to go through my textbook and
transfer everything on the braille page into Lime before actually
doing my assignments.  I noticed something similar to what you
describe; although I didn't compose the music, I could see the
intervals and almost hear them better when I was working from the
braille music.

Couldn't you just compose in braille, then transfer your work into a
computer notation program?  From experience it's very tedious, but
that would probably be the best way to do it if you wantedd to share
it with sighted musicians.

On 10/11/13, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been taking music lessons with Sandra and she brought up a very
> fascinating point.
> When I compose on the computer my thought process is completely
> different than it is when using Braille. I composed my first piece using
> Braille last night and found I was hearing the notes and intervals in
> association with the notes. This is what is needed when one reads music.
> I would like to know if people have tried composing using Braille rather
> than a notation program? I would also like to know how you communicated
> the music to other sighted people?
> Thank you,
>
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Kaiti