[bksvol-discuss] Re: Hymn books by Robert Morgan
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:34:20 -0700
Hi, Shelley, I don't suppose Bookshare can handle Braille music, can it?
Anyhow, that's a real bear to work with because, as you probably know,
Braille music is not written using a staff. It's a whole new thing if
you have to proofread music. First of all, if you aren't really familiar
with Braille music or know how to write it in (and you probably would
have to write it in) then you're going to do a lot of formatting. I can
decipher a melody line and that's about it. Generally, what is done is
that the literary lines are numbered, and under each literary line, you
have the line of music. This applies to the first verse and chorus,
unless the music changes in subsequent verses. Generally, if you're
dealing with a hymn or a folk song, that's how you'd work it if you have
a simple melody line. If you also have piano accompaniment, then you
have the left hand, the right hand, etc. I don't know if there are any
volunteers who are really proficient at reading, let alone writing,
Braille music. This sounds like a real undertaking and I wish you well
with it. Regards, Kim.
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Rhodes
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That is what I am used too too.
But in a print hymnal it goes.
Verse 1 line 1, Verse 2, line 1, verse 3, line 1, then verse 1, line
two,... Which can be very frustrating. It also has the acutual music
notes and lines and I will be erasing them where they did scan
correctly, ahem which was not often, smile.
I will put a note in the front to the fact that the hymns were
reformmated for accessiblity and the musical notation has been removed.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A. CVRT
and Ludden black Labrador Guide Dog.
Diamonds may be a woman's best friend, but a dog is mine.
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From: Kim <mailto:kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> Friedman
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Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:00 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hymn books by Robert Morgan
Hi, Shelley, I think for a Braille reader this would be a nightmare. I'm
used to seeing: verse 1, l. 1, l. 2, l. 3, l. 4. Chorus: l. 1, l. 2, (or
however many there are supposed to be). verse 2: l. 1, l. 2, etc.
Regards, Kim Friedman.
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Rhodes
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 5:15 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Hymn books by Robert Morgan
Hi everyone,
Got a question,
In the book I am currently scanning, it tells the stories behind famous
hymns, around Christmas, the hymns are written as they would in the
hymnal, with 1, then 2, then 3 then 4 first lines and so on and so
forth.
so it would look like this. 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 1 b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 1c, 2c, 3c,
4c, ...
Can, I move them into the way that it appears in most Large print
hymnals or Braille hymnals, where it is all of verse one, then verse
two, then verse three and so on and so forth. they way it scanned it
would be a Low vision reader's nightmare trying to read and or scan the
words of the song.,
Let me know what you all think. As this will change the formatting of
the book but would make it readable and enjoyable. I can put a
scanner's note in the front to this effect.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A. CVRT
and Ludden black Labrador Guide Dog.
Diamonds may be a woman's best friend, but a dog is mine.
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