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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: Lindsay Conway
Hargus “Pig” Robbins might be the most famous piano player you’ve never heard of, though you’ve likely heard his work. The National Conference of Librarians Serving Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals will begin in a matter of days in Nashville, Tennessee, so today I want to tell you about a musician who is blind and …
Posted in: American Composers, Audio, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Country Music, Guitar instruction, Instrumental Music, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, Nashville, Performing music, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Talking Books, Uncategorized, Women in Music
Posted by: Juliette Appold
We’re happy to learn that our patrons are increasingly using BARD to download music materials. Let’s take a look at some new additions to BARD: Audio Materials Classic Harmonica Blues by Smithsonian Folkways (DBM03629) Cowboy Songs by Smithsonian Folkways. (DBM03627) Flirting with Disaster. For guitar. Performed and taught by Bill Brown. (DBM03887) The Hammer …
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Piano Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, 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
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Here is a listing of the most recent BARD additions. If you aren’t able to find something on this list for learning or entertainment, check back next month, or the next; something will come your way. In the meantime, a tune many of us heard from a television comedy of the 60s, “Ballad of Gilligan’s …
Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Guitar instruction, Music Instruction, Piano Music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
The Music Section has been very busy over the past month adding new and newly digitized music materials to BARD. From Mozart, to bluegrass, to method books for alto and bass flute, there is a little bit of something here for everyone! If you have any questions on how to use BARD or to obtain …
Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Bluegrass, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Classical Music, Guitar instruction, Instrumental Music, Lieder, NLS Music Section, Orchestra, Piano, Piano Music, Ravel, Talking Books, Vocal music