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Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people |
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Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:50:40 +0200 |
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Dirk Koopman <address@hidden> writes:
> There is something called "Music Braille", invented by the man
> himself. But, I am reliably informed by an ex-chairman of the RNIB (a
> fine tenor) that it really is too much trouble to use because it is a)
> verbose b) requires a spare hand that would otherwise be playing the
> instrument and c) is made even more difficult when lyrics are
> involved.
>
> So he learns his part, by ear, and just uses normalĀ braille for the
> underlay.
I encounter a lot of music first as sheet music, developing my own
artistic vision (or rather soundscape?) without ever having heard it
first. While a Braille version would in most situations not allow for
sight-reading, it should at least facilitate off-line study, either as
only source of information or supplemental.
Also I would imagine that learning by ear is pretty tricky for ensemble
rather than solo work. Availability is likely not favoring Braille
currently: you are probably only likely to find Braille renditions for
music that is "important" enough that recordings are plentiful. I have
no idea whether LilyPond could make a difference here if Braille
renditions "just fell out" in a manner similar to how Midi renditions
are done.
I don't know whether Braille distinguishes cis and des: if it does, that
would likely be the major stumbling block against just using a
computer-generated Midi as the starting point for Braille generation.
--
David Kastrup
- Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, Jacques Menu, 2019/09/13
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, Hwaen Ch'uqi, 2019/09/13
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, Dirk Koopman, 2019/09/13
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, Wols Lists, 2019/09/14
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, David Kastrup, 2019/09/14
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, Karlin High, 2019/09/14
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, Vaughan McAlley, 2019/09/14
- Re: Producing scores for visually impaired and blind people, Jacques Menu, 2019/09/14