June 27, 2024
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
May 30, 2024
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
May 16, 2024
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
February 1, 2024
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
October 26, 2023
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in October 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , American Folklife Center , Arias , Audio , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Cello , Folk Music , Library of Congress , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Organ , Performing music , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Popular Music , Talking Books
February 23, 2023
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today's blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in February 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Hammond organ , Jazz , Music Composition , Music Education , Music Instruction , NLS Music Section , Organ , Performing music , Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Talking Books , Vocal music
January 26, 2023
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Today’s blog post rounds up all the new digital acquisitions and digitized items added to BARD in January 2023 by the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Art Songs , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Gospel music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Latinx Music , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Organ , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music , Pop Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Soundtrack , Talking Books , Violin music , Vocal music , World Music
January 12, 2023
Posted by: Timothy Jones
This post discusses the music braille signs for accidentals, key and time signatures.
Posted in: Bettye Krolick , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille History , Braille Music , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Piano , Piano Instruction , Piano Music
September 22, 2022
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
Did you know that systems of tactile music notation were created in the 19th century to enable people who were blind to read and write music? Today, we will learn about two systems that were developed and used in Spain before braille music code gained widespread adoption in the 20th century.
Posted in: Blind Musicians , Blind Teachers , Braille , Braille History , Braille Music , Institut national des jeunes aveugles , Joaquin Rodrigo , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Spain , teachers , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
