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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: Mary Dell Jenkins
Read how the NLS Music Section adds braille music scores from other collections via the Marrakesh Treaty.
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Technology, Country Music, Guitar instruction, Marrakesh Treaty, Music Instruction
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Seek music to find comfort in times of grief.
Posted in: Braille Music, Classical Music, Guitar instruction
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Check out the most recent uploads of music materials for BARD, August 2020.
Posted in: Accordion, Bach, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Broadway, Cello, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Jazz, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Piano Music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
With this BARD update, we are excited to announce two podcast series from Smithsonian Folkways, Tapestry of the Times and Sound Sessions. We have also added more piano by ear and guitar by ear instructional titles, along with braille scores for piano, organ, and flute. If you don’t use BARD or would like to borrow …
Posted in: Audio, Bach, Bluegrass, Braille, Braille libretto, Braille Music, Guitar instruction, Music History and Appreciation
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Check out the latest uploads of audio and braille music to the NLS Music page on BARD.
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Guitar instruction, Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Popular Music, Uncategorized, Vocal music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Looking back on the Newport Folk Festival, when electric and amplification appeared on the scene.
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Catalogs, Folk Music, Guitar instruction, Music Instruction, Popular Music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
NLS Music Section announces recent BARD additions from October-November, 2018.
Posted in: Arnold Schoenberg, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Music Education, New Acquisitions, Piano, Popular Music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
According to the song “Nashville Cats” by the Lovin’ Spoonful, there are “thirteen-hundred and fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville.” I wouldn’t question that number, but in fact I suspect it has increased dramatically since that song debuted in 1966. As my colleague Lindsay Conway wrote about in her blog post Music City 101: NLS Heads …
Posted in: American Composers, Bluegrass, Country Music, Guitar instruction, Music Instruction, Popular Music