Kathleen
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Hi Robert,
I think the terminator can be dropped, as it is a very strange notation as it is. I think the grade one indicator is enough to represent the letters.
I usually just treat it like open score instrumental, but with S A T B as the marginal indicators. No need to use space to say "no words" - just define your marginal indicators as usual and it should be clear!
Hi Robert,
This is just inconsistent print type. Just do the figured bass in the usual manner, without regard to the different sized font.
I strongly feel it's cumbersome and confusing to try to include them within the music - the student is trying to figure out the piano format already. Adding a new format for them to figure out, as well, seems unnecessary. I include in my mega TN that the lyrics are brailled after the music.
Hi Robert!
First off - is this a piano method book? If not, let me know and I'll rethink some of these answers. But assuming it is....
You'll want to have a long TN before the music example explaining what's going on. You can say that the music between the bar lines is labeled "measure." And that counting is printed below the notes. Say that the measure will be spaced irregularly to accommodate the numbers below the music. Let them know that a dot 5 indicates the measure is to be continued. Describe that the letters are printed inside the notes but that will be omitted in braille. You can also say that the instruction "play 3 1 together" appears before the first chord in your TN. I would not use the music finger numbers - took me a minute to figure out what was going on there! Just use the numbers. - and then don't forget to include the fingering in the music itself.
I would use typical piano format, with the measure number at the margin without the numeric indicator, and the usual right-hand sign and intervals read downward, not upward. "Count" doesn't need to be enclosed in transcriber's note indicators since it appears in print. Use a music hyphen after the first half note and its interval to indicate the measure is not completed.
(Just a word 0f caution - when doing single-line format, which you started with the number 1 (with numeric indicator) at the margin, we don't put word sign expressions above the measure like that. Expressions will always be in line with the music. We can only remove them from the parallel in bar-over-bar format - which I am suggesting you change to! And if you put the direction in your TN or before the music, you don't have to include it in the music itself, either above the parallel or within it. Does that make sense?)
Please let me know if you are working with something other than a piano book or if anything looks weird or confusing!
Thanks!
Kathleen
I've never thought about doing it like that, but sure! You may want to add more lines below the black keys to give a little more separation between the bottom of the black keys and the lower edge of the notes.
Hello Robert,
In situations like these the transcriber's note will be your best friend. I would put a note before the music begins saying something to the effect of "There is a downward pointing arrow above the first chord in the left hand."
And yes, the straight lines connect the tenor line, where the "sol" pedal tone is occurring, as per the text. This information could be added to the transcriber's note before the music begins. I'm assuming you'll place the text that is printed between the staves before the music, as well.... so your TN could follow that information.
My rule of thumb is that if the annotations are going to gunk up the braille music and make it difficult to read, remove the annotation and describe it in a tn either before the music or put in a footnote.
Hope that helps!
Kathleen
I would use the full note values for these. Later, when they can be grouped in the actual music, you can add a quick TN to explain the procedure.
Hi Robert,
I've attached a brf file of how I might approach some of these kinds of things. Keep in mind that this type of annotated music is not always best Brailled in our usual single-line format. Sometimes lists are better at explaining the lesson at hand, with music embedded in the literary context.
(this braille file is quick and dirty - I did no proofreading, so forgive any typos.)
Transcriber's notes are your friends in these kinds of books, too! Don't be shy in explaining what print is showing.
Hi Robert,
In these types of situations, I generally describe the placement of the white keys in relation to the black keys. For example, "C is the white key to the left of a group of 2 black keys; D is the white key in the middle of the two black keys; E is the white key to the right of a group of two black keys."
Using this kind of description seems to me to be the only way to convey the info without having a graphic. Hopefully the student will be near a piano when working with these materials and can use the piano as the tactile!
Kathleen
Good afternoon, Robert,
The way you have used the grade 1 indicators in your simbraille is correct. We need the indicator if the letter is standing alone, but not if it is followed by the flat or sharp sign.
You may choose to use a grade 1 passage indicator with lists of key names, according to the UEB rules pertaining to passages. (In the examples you attached, I did not notice any place where the passage indicator would be necessary, however.)
Hope that helps!
Kathleen
Hi Robert - (please forgive my delay in responding. I didn't get a notification that there was a new message)
In the hopes that this is not too late -
Hopefully, you're using an ensemble format so that the marginal identifiers will let the singer know which part singing which notes. When the duet drops out, just go back to a single part for the soprano.
I would have the duet part on a separate line(s) as the soprano 1 so that each measure can be Brailled in full and can easily be counted and sung.
