I teach a Sunday class of older people. I scan my lesson each week, edit out the rough stuff such as carets and then send it to the Braille Note.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Stageberg Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 8:30 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Braillenote or hard copy I sing in a semi-professional chamber choir, and my solution to this is that I put the music in the BrailleNote and use it in rehearsals; that way I can edit the file--that crescendo in measure eight; that half rest that we want to be a dotted quarter rest. When I have put in all the edits, I send the file to my Braille Blazer, so that when concert time comes, I have a binder full of hard copy. For church choir I often just use the BrailleNote on Sunday mornings, but we stand in the back of the church and I can use a music stand if I really need to. There are advantages to both. For giving a speech I'd be comfortable just using the BrailleNote. But I think it's a personal thing. Susie Susie Stageberg Project ASSIST with Windows Iowa Department for the Blind (515) 281-1351 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherry Gomes Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 8:12 AM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Braillenote or hard copy Actually, i suggest a much lower tech option. this is how i've handled every choir i've been in. i take a tape recorder to rehearsals, sit by a person I know who knows the part, depending on what part I sing. I ask the pianist to play the notes if I don't hear it. I'll ask someone to tell me the words, if the choir isn't singing clearly. then I go home and practice with that tape. i memorize everything and don't have to have anything on stage but me and my dog. the thing is that for many years, I was part of a choir that did a lot of choreography, sometimes just hand motions, but for special presentations, there were dancing, or just some side stepping, moving to different positions on stage, on and off and back again, interacting dramatically to the lyrics, holding lit candles or using other props in black light numbers. i could not have held a braille note or paper and then also been able to participate in these parts of the performance. if you're in a choir where everyone holds music, then it makes sense to have your, either hard copy or BN. But if you can memorize it, it really frees you up on stage. Sherry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CATNIP Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 5:52 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braillenote or hard copy My husband and I have been trying to figure out how I could use the BN in choir. It sure would be nice to just hit that thumb key and advance to the next line of the song. It would just be the standing there holding it that would be the problem. LOL. So I'm still brailling out the words to all the choir music on my Perkins and having the sheets in a folder.Any suggestions? ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
