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 19- Accordion

A. General Signs

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Prefix for accordion music

Rows of buttons

@			First Row (dash below the note)
^			Second row (no indication)
_			Third row (1 or M)
"			Fourth row (2 or m)
.			Fifth row (3,7 or S)
;			Sixth row (4 or d)
,			Seventh row (varying indications)
,,			Eighth (varying indications)
@@			Row zero (varying indications)
<b			Draw (V pointing left)
<'			Push (V pointing right)
>1			Cesur (Neither draw nor push)
>b s'			Bass solo (B.S.)
>r '			Register
>w r'			Without Register (use printed initials)

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