Yes, you indeed did use the arrow keys to choose the notes. It was great for us less-gifted composers. It sure gave my friends a good laugh when I composed songs in the wrong tempo. <grin> Cheers, martin
> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:59:30 -0800 > From: "FunGuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > ReplyTo: Braillenote List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Music Composer > > Wow! I hadnt thought about the Eureka in a long time. > > Yes, I think the music composer on that product was interesting but it > had nothing at all to do with Braille music. As I recall, you used the > arrows to set pitch and time values. > > > > I use to play piano and did learn Braille music, but as I think about > complex arrangements for many voices or many instruments I have a hard > time even imagining it being efficient on a sheet of Braille paper. > Many of the blind musicians I know dont even read Braille music. I > wonder if now is the time to rethink the way we write or lay out music > in Braille. Consider the potential of vibration, the tremendous benefit > of not being forced to use a 42 by 26 page, and the things we might be > able to do with dot 7 and 8. > > > I love Braille and will advocate for it any day of the week, but I > wonder if the Braille music paradigm is the best approach for composing > or arranging on a Braille Note? The fact that a sheet of paper in the > bn could easily be 200 characters long and 100 lines down creates some > interesting possibilities. On the other hand, the fact that you can > only see one line of Braille at a time creates some huge challenges! > Would it be better to use intervals and try to display all pitches on > one Braille line or would it be better to use one line for each > voice? I certainly dont have the answers, havent really thought > enough about the question, but I would suggest that using the paradigm > of a normal sheet of Braille paper may not be the best approach. Also, > the paradigm of using traditional Braille music notation would have to > be evaluated. That may not be the most efficient approach > > > > Consider the idea of using vibration rather then the bottom 2 dots to > show time value. Also, consider the idea of moving vertically to see > the voices that play on a particular bar as in print. > > > > I would suggest that this may be a better project for dancing dots then > HW. If this were to be done, it would be nice to see it be more then > just a toy as it was in the Eureka. I dont mean to denigrate that > product, but serious blind musician couldnt have used that to create > full scores. > > > . > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michele Thredgold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 7:58 AM > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Music Composer > > > > Hi Martin and others. I have been pushing for ages for the Braille > > music code to be added as either an extra, like the multi-lingual > > software, of incorporated onto the BN in the unicode table. There are > > heaps of symbols in there I've never seen in my life and which I figure > > are maths Braille. > > > > The music composer would also be a great idea. I've currently having > to > use Sibelius for my music theory assignments but would much prefer > my > BN, even if it has to be connected up to something else, providing > it's > still portable. > > > > Another thing which would be great for blind muzos who play digital > > keyboards, would be if there was some kind of thing which could feed > > output to the BrailleNote as to what is on the screen of the keyboard. > > It would bake programming and manipulation of keyboards much easier and > > stress-free when performing. > > > > Cheers! > > > > Michele -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin > > Courcelles > > Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2007 2:02 PM > > To: Braillenote List > > Subject: [Braillenote] Music Composer > > > > > > Hi there, > > I think the subject line says it all. Some of you may remember the > > Eureka? > > You know, the NoteTaker with the Nice sounding Australian woman with a > > lisp? > > I loved that thing. I had a chance to test drive one once and had a > > great > > old time composing music on it. It had a wapping 3 voice processor. > > Well it > > was wapping back then. I'm just wondering if the BrailleNotes could > be > engineered to do that sort of thing. If not, then maybe they could > be > coupled with a USB MIDI controller. You could then compose the > music > and > > have the BrailleNote spew it to a MIDI Keyboard. > > Just throwing out ideas. I just figure that there are so many of us > who > are > > musician, it's nice to have a NoteTaker which can help you in htat > sort > of > > thing as well. > > Cheers, > > Martin > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.18/662 - Release Date: > > 31/01/2007 3:16 PM > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.18/662 - Release Date: > > 31/01/2007 3:16 PM > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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
