Subj : On a Lighter Note...  1.
To   : Richard Webb
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Fri Feb 02 2018 23:42:18

Hi, Richard!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

RW>  I haven't read a piece of sheet music of any kind now
RW>  since the '80's  and then it was part of the process
RW>  of my wife and I copping something from library of
RW>  congress braille music collection to our own, which
RW>  mean a hand transcription.  I usually got to do the
RW>  dictation, wife do the transcription part iirc.


          Thanks for the insight!  It hadn't occurred to me that music could be 
written in Braille... but why not??  Years ago there was a gal in our community 
band who recorded the music, then took it home & memorized it.  I am aware that 
(with the exception of classicists, who seem to think the highest accolade they 
can give a student is "s/he copied it perfectly") others may not learn the same 
way.  As it happens our conductor likes to experiment from time to time.  Folks 
such as yours truly who can read the music & watch the conductor simultaneously 
are quite comfortable with his modus operandi.  It didn't work for her, though, 
because she was blind.  If I'm expected to memorize or play by ear or copy what 
somebody else has done, I feel like a fish out of water.  She probably did too.

          Now you've got me wondering about that C/W gig in Lethbridge....  ;-)




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