Talk:Braille music

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Just wanted to let folks know in case anyone's interested; I've started a blind musicians page which discusses, among other things, Braille music and resources available for blind musicians. If someone with more knowledge than me wanted to check my discussion out and make some corrections, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! NoahB 18:12, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reading and playing

How does one read Braille music using one hand, while playing an instrument that requires the use of two hands (which most of them do)? Are they to read the music, memorize it, then play? It would be the equivalent of trying to translate Braille into sign language at the same time. --Birdhombre 19:26, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Yes, you read one hand at a time and generally memorize it quickly--either by playing & learning one hand at a time until each hand is learned that way, then putting them together, or just by reading & mentally learning each part them putting the two hands together mentally.

People who use Braille music a lot tend to be quick memorizers--not necessarily that they are born that way, but that very nature of reading then playing Braille music requires a lot of quick learning of small segments (a few measures or a phrase) and when you do that routinely you learn to just memorize those small bits very readily. Practice makes perfect, so to speak! Bhugh 04:05, 12 December 2006 (UTC)