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Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post reprints and article by Bettye Krolick detailing the history and formation of the braille music code.
Posted in: Bettye Krolick, Blind Musicians, Blind Teachers, Braille, Braille History, Braille Music, Institut national des jeunes aveugles, Louis Braille, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Paris
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post is an excerpt of an article written by Bettye Krolick for the Music Section’s quarterly magazine, Musical Mainstream. The magazine is still produced by the NLS Music Section and is available to NLS patrons in braille, large print, and audio formats. Bettye Krolick was a musician, author, educator, and braille music transcriber. …
Posted in: Bettye Krolick, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille History, Braille Music, Braille Music Transcribers, Louis Braille, Magazines, Music Education, NLS Music Section, Piano, Piano Music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post takes a look at what audio and braille materials have been added by the NLS Music Section to BARD (Braille Audio Reading Download) in September.
Posted in: Art Songs, Audio, Bluegrass, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Music Transcribers, Choral, Golden-Chord, Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, New Acquisitions, NLS Online Catalog, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music, Talking Books, Violin music, Vocal music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Read about the braille music scores and books that we’ve added to BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) during the past two months!
Posted in: American Composers, Art Songs, Audio, Bach, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Braille Music Digitization, Braille Music Transcribers, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Music Composition, Music Education, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Organ, Piano, Piano Music, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Talking Books, Violin music, Vocal music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
The following is a guest blog post by new Music Reader Services librarian Lindsay Conway. Did you know that the National Library Service offers subscriptions to music magazines, free of charge to NLS patrons? The NLS Music Section produces Musical Mainstream, Contemporary Soundtrack, and Popular Music Lead Sheets. NLS also offers free subscriptions to five …
Posted in: Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Interviews, Large Print, Magazines, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, New Acquisitions, NLS Music Section, Outreach, Piano Technicians Guild, Piano Tuning, Popular Music Lead Sheets, Uncategorized
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Last week, we detailed method books in the collection for wind instruments. This week, we are highlighting method books in our collection for string instruments and percussion, with some jazz method books thrown in for good measure! If there is anything here that could be useful to you or your student, please don’t hesitate to …
Posted in: Band, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, teachers, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Although for most of us it still feels like the middle of summer outside, it is time for many folks to begin thinking about back-to-school, and the new books and supplies for the year. That, of course, includes books for music classes, band, and orchestra. In the past, we’ve discussed books for college students, and …
Posted in: Band, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Instrumental Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, teachers, Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Posted by: Katie Rodda
I heard these words a lot this past weekend. That’s because the NLS Music Section made its way to the NAfME (National Association for Music Education) conference in Grapevine, TX. While there, I was able to promote our service to music teachers from all over the country—and some future music teachers too! The refrain I kept …
Posted in: Audio, Bold Note Scores, Braille, Choral, Juvenile Music, Large Print, Large Print Music, Lieder, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Outreach, Piano, Piano Music, teachers
Posted by: Katie Rodda
It’s that time again– our free braille music giveaway! We’ve been diligently sorting through all of our gift scores that we’ve received over the years, and adding many of them to the collection. However, some of the books are already in our collection, and we have no use for them. Especially now that we are …
Posted in: Free Braille Music Scores, Music Education, Piano, Piano Music