Hi Ann; I know you were mostlikely writing to Terri Pannit, but I would be rejoiced to just get the words. I can pick up the melody easily from those around me. It is learning the correct words. I have a mild hearing problem and it is sometimes hard to understand people when they are singing and I easily forget things if I do not do them or in this case, sing them frequently. Bye for now. Happy Thanks Giving. Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: Ann K. Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 7:23 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] hmmm! Hi all, Actually, Terri, it depends on where you were raised, what church and so on. My father, for example, was raised Methodist in rural Pennsylvania. He grew up reading music. When he married my mother, he converted to Catholicism. In the hymnals for the Catholic church, the congregational hymnals have only the melody printed. My father used to foam at the mouth coming out of church. "I want to sing base! I want to sing base! I can't sing this melody! I want to sing base! Where are the four parts? I can't sing that high, why do they insist on printing only..." If you go to a Methodist or Presbyterian service, or, in fact, any self respecting protestant service, those people raise the roof when they sing, and they *don't* just sing the melody in the choir either! You just haven't encountered enough folks! And that's just in America! You go to Africa or Wales or The Philippines and you'll get four and eight part congregational singing as a matter of course! Some folks sing in four parts by ear! It's amazing what the human brain can do! No, Terri, many, many sighted people read and understand music notation. As for the BrailleNote, yes, would be nice to have it translate MP3's to music, but until a computer can actually do that, I think we'll have to wait. Dunnow, do computers do that, can they? Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
