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Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
NLS Music Section presents the latest additions of the music collection to the Braille and Audio Reading Download.
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Film Music, Guitar instruction, NLS Music Section
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Welcome to our latest additions to BARD (Braille Audio Reading Download)! The past month’s braille additions include the Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method, organ works from “Forerunners of Bach,” and our latest issue of Popular Music Lead Sheets! Our newest music appreciation talking book is a lecture on the music of composer George Crumb, sponsored …
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Music History and Appreciation
Posted by: Katie Rodda
The NLS Music Section has recently moved from its home since 1967 to the John Adams Building on Capitol Hill. This post talks about our process to ensure the safe move of our braille collection.
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, NLS Music Section
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This month, the NLS Music Section has added many new titles to BARD (Braille Audio reading Download). Read on to find out about the latest offerings that include guitar and piano lessons by Bill Brown, "Never Grow Up" by Taylor Swift in lead sheet format, and Preludes for piano by Olivier Messiaen.
Posted in: American Composers, Arias, Art Songs, Audio, Bettye Krolick, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Choral, Classical Music, Electric guitar, Flute, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Jazz, Library of Congress, Lieder, Louis Braille, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Piano Tuning, Pop Music, Popular Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Singing, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, Uncategorized, Violin music, Virtuosic Piano Music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in May 2024 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers, Arias, Art Songs, Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Flute, Harp, Lieder, Music Composition, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Online Catalog, Organ, Performing music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Pop Music, saxophone, Stevie Wonder, Talking Books, Violin music, Vocal music
Posted by: Timothy Jones
This post covers the basics for searching and downloading materials from the Braille Audio Reading Download Service, or BARD. A search example is conducted, and explanations are provided for transferring materials to your Digital Talking Book Player or Braille Display.
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Check out the latest offering from the NLS Music Section of audio and braille music titles now available on BARD.
Posted in: Braille Music, Choral, Organ, Piano
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
This month, the NLS Music Section has added many new titles to BARD (Braille Audio Reading Download). Read on to find out what new digital braille and audio selections are available on your computer, tablet, or smartphone!
Posted in: Audio, Bass Guitar Instruction, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Classical Music, Electric guitar, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Library of Congress, Music Instruction, Musical instruments, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Pop Music, Popular Music, Uncategorized, Violin music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in January 2024 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers, Bach, Blues, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Choral, Church Cantata, Classical Music, Guitar, Guitar instruction, Jazz, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Piano, Piano Instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music, Rhythm & Blues (R&B), Rock n' Roll, Singing, Talking Books, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, Vocal music