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Posted by: John Hanson
No, this post is not an injunction to moderation, or even a nudge towards abstemiousness of any kind. It is, rather, a toast to the achievements of Mr. Drink Small. The blues fans among you no doubt are familiar with the “Blues Doctor,” who has what some have called the “biggest, deepest bass voice in …
Posted in: Blues, Guitar instruction, Rhythm & Blues (R&B)
Posted by: John Hanson
A couple of years ago, I received an email inquiry from an NLS music section patron wanting to know if we would accept gift braille music, from his personal collection. I said we would be glad to receive whatever he wanted to send. He, then, responded by asking if we could send him some empty …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille Music, Free Braille Music Scores, Music Instruction, Piano
Posted by: John Hanson
This following is a guest blog by Donna Koh, music reader services librarian in the Music Section. It’s still early in December, still time to think about holiday gifts. The Music Section has a great holiday gift idea that will surely pull some heartstrings. First, let me share a personal testimony that may convince …
Posted in: Music Education, Music Instruction, Performing music
Posted by: John Hanson
There are a lot of B’s in the Music Section. Bach, Bax, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Barber, Bartok, and Bernstein, not to mention the very note B –in every octave. We can’t forget Beer, Berger and Belcher, or Badarzewska-Baranowska. Instrumentally, we have the bass guitar, string bass, bass drum, the bari and the bamboula. The bongo …
Posted in: Banjo, Bill Keith, Bluegrass
Posted by: John Hanson
This is the THIRD post announcing the availability of a selection of free braille scores. The response to our last offer was significantly better than the first. And we are gratified. In the new list we have many new listings and the total number is slightly greater than before. As before, these are scores that …
Posted in: Braille Music, Free Braille Music Scores
Posted by: John Hanson
The following is a guest blog by Gilbert Busch, Braille Music Specialist in the Music Section. We braille music readers, knowing that many scores will never be in braille, are sometimes surprised when a work we need has already been transcribed. This is just what happened to me a few months ago. It was …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, NLS Music Section
Posted by: John Hanson
This is the second post announcing the availability of free braille scores. The response to our first offer was good, but modest. So, in this post, not only are we offering a larger number of titles, but we are also trying to encourage more requests. These are scores that have been received over the years …
Posted in: Braille Music, Free Braille Music Scores
Posted by: John Hanson
The following is a guest blog from Gilbert Busch, braille music specialist in the Music Section. Although active on the piano and organ, he has a strong interest in symphonic music, especially that of Mahler. On Thursday, May 14th, I travelled to Boulder, Colorado, for MahlerFest XXVIII, an annual event devoted to the music of …
Posted in: Braille, MahlerFest
Posted by: John Hanson
This post announces the beginning of an ongoing project to make available -for FREE – excess copies of braille scores. This is not the first time that we have blogged about gifts. See this post by Mary Dell Jenkins. But this is the first time the gifts are going out, not coming in. These are scores …
Posted in: Braille Music, Free Braille Music Scores