[Menvi-discuss] Using Braille Music to compose

[Kaiti Shelton]

And, we all know that very few sighted musicians would probably have
the relative pitch and patience to learn from a recording, since
they're so used to having everything on one page in front of them.
Hence why they think we're all so amazing for learning
concertos/arias/entire musical works by ear.

On 10/11/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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