In Part I of this blog, I introduced the subject of American Braille, and pointed out that some NLS music scores use this system. Now, in Part II, I offer this list of American Braille symbols to help you if you ever receive such a score.
Each letter or symbol in the left column is followed by its American Braille equivalent in the right column. Where the American Braille sign is different from English Braillle, I will provide dot numbers for the American Braille sign:
| Letter | American Braille | Dot numbers |
| a | a | |
| b | < | 1-2-6 |
| c | j | 2-4-5 |
| d | d | |
| e | 1 | 2 |
| f | f | |
| g | g | |
| h | h | |
| i | i | |
| j | y | 1-3-4-5-6 |
| k | r | 1-2-3-5 |
| l | l | |
| m | m | |
| n | + | 3-4-5 |
| o | e | 1-5 |
| p | % | 1-4-6 |
| q | q | |
| r | c | 1-4 |
| s | k | 1-3 |
| t | b | 1-2 |
| u | u | |
| v | v | |
| w | w | |
| x | ( | 1-2-3-5-6 |
| y | > | 3-4-5 |
| z | ] | 1-2-4-5-6 |
Punctuation
| Comma | ‘ | 3 |
| Semicolon | ; | 2-3 |
| Colon | 0 | 3-5-6 |
| Capital | – | 3-6 |
| Period | – (same as capital) | 3-6 |
| Question Mark | 4 | 2-5-6 |
| Exclamation Point | ) | 2-3-4-5-6 |
| Dash | — | 2-5 2-5 |
| Parenthesis (left and right) | 7 | 2-3-5-6 |
| Apostrophe | @ | 4 |
| Hyphen | 3 | 2-5 |
| Double quote (open and close) | 8 | 2-3-6 |
| Single Quote (open and close) | 88 | 2-3-6 2-3-6 |
If you had any problems reading this, or if you know of any symbols that were incorrect, please let us know.
For now,
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(I hope that this blog has been helpful.)