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Braille Music Basics
Lea Nagel
Names of the notes (upper part of the cell)
musical name:
braille music:
c d e f g a b
d e f g h i j
Time value (lower part of the cell)
blank = quaver (eighth)
dot 6: crotchet (quarter)
dot 3: minim (half)
dots 36: semibreve (whole)
c
quaver
d
crotchet ?
minim
n
semibreve y
note
d
e
:
o
z
e
f
$
p
&
f
g
}
q
=
g
h
|
r
(
a
i
{
s
!
b
j
w
t
)
rest
x
v
u
m
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.= shows the beginning of a braille music symbol in braille instructions or notes. It has
been omitted from this print copy.
space goes between each measure or bar
<k' light double bar
<k heavy double bar
<7 forward repeat
<2 backward repeat
% sharp
< flat
* natural
`c tie. After first of the 2 notes same pitch.
c slur. After first of the 2 notes.
;b begin phrase. Goes before first note.
~2 end phrase. Goes after last note.
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' dotted note eg ?' v'
#d4 time signature eg 4 4 time
key signatures
% one sharp
<<< 3 flats
#d< 4 flats
#g% 7 sharps
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Octaves (starting with the lowest c on the piano)
@ first octave
~ second
_ third
" fourth
. fifth
; sixth
, seventh
Marking octaves:
Never mark a second or third
Always mark a sixth or more
Fourth or fifth only if
it is in a new octave
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More braille music notation
> begin words within the music – not always used.
' end words within the music-not always used.
7 repeat. If in the middle of the bar, repeat part of the bar.
7 repeat. If spaced before and after, repeat whole bar.
7#c repeat bar 3 times.
#4-6 repeat bars 4 to 6.
8 staccato. Goes before the note.
.8 accent
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;8 martellato
_8 tenuto
>c crescendo
>d diminuendo
>p piano
>f forte
Doubling:
a doubled sign means the sign is repeated until it is cancelled by a single one of the same
sign.
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Piano music:
a written on the left margin: bar 1.
g written on the left margin: bar 7.
>. Right hand.
>_ Left hand.
' separator.
Interval signs for playing chords:
/ second
+ third
# fourth
9 fifth
0 sixth
3 seventh
- eighth
Piano fingering. Goes straight after the note:
a1
b2
l3
14
k5
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