New International Manual
of Braille Music Notation

TABLES

Table 1: Basic Signs

Table 3: Accidentals, Key
and Time signatures

Table 4: Rythmic Groups

Table 5: Chords

Table 6: Slurs and Ties

Table 7: Tremolos

Table 8: Fingering

Table 9: Bar lines and repeats

Table 10: Nuances

Table 11: Ornaments

Table 12: Theory

Table 13: Modern Notation

Table 14: General Organization

Table 15: Keyboard Music

Table 16: Vocal Music

Table 17: String Instruments

Table 18: Winds & Percussion

Table 19: Accordion

Other Resources

Contact instructor

Send mail to class

Contractions Lookup

Contractions List

Intro Braille course

Transcribers course

Table 13- Modern Notation

(To be used only in modern music)

A. Notes with Unusual Shape

5a			Black note head with no stem
5b			X-shaped note head
5k			Vertical stems that designate quasi-notes
5l			Diamond or triangle-shaped note head
5'			End of a slanting line to designate approximate pitch (quasi-note)
			When no specific note value appears, the value of an 8th note is used, i.e.,5a.d

B. Tone Clusters

^* b			Tone cluster with natural sign
^< b			Tone cluster with flat sign
^% b			Tone cluster with sharp sign
^5 b			Tone cluster with no accidentals specified
>/ l. q^ 5b -i.e., play evey note in this octave as a chord

C. "Fan-shaped" Rhythmic Groups

^< 1, <1			Accelerando within rhythmic group
,< 1^ <1			Ritardando within rhythmic group
,< 1, <1			Steady rhythm
;k			End of Rhythmic group as shown in print

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