From black print to braille: A path of musical learning for blind students
Luciana Ferullo
This paper is the result of a direct experience of the author, a musician and expert of the braille writing system. It aims at involving, in particular, the non-blind reader, encouraging him to learn braille and being introduced, with genuine curiosity, to a system, which is not as indiscernible as it may first appear. Given the first basic elements, which refer to the organization of braille, 6 raised dots in a series of 7, a total of 64 characters in total and considering that there are two types of written music, the first in black print for non-blind and the second in the braille system for the blind, the author elaborates on certain considerations for better understanding in both music theory and practice.
Keywords
Braille, reading and writing, music, blind.