Today, thanks to James Bowden, we are filling a small gap in our knowledge about music and combining it with Braille in a wonderful way.
So far, we know how Braille music notation works in principle and that it is structured differently from music notation for sighted people.
What we don’t yet know, however, is what “normal” musical notation actually looks like.
James has clearly illustrated this in his contribution using Braille graphics. You can already see the image on here, and James has kindly provided the files for you to print out yourself.
1. Big_Trebleclef.dxb will make a musical treble clef sign. There is a braille caption which says “Treble Clef”.
2. 96clefs.dxb makes a treble clef and a bass clef sign next to each other. There are braille labels at the top and also the sign from the music braille code.
Both files are one page and show tactile graphics. They should work on a single sheet of A4 paper.
The graphic dot distance is set to 2.5mm, but you can equally emboss them using 2.0mm graphics.
Instructions
1. Load into Duxbury Braille Translator
2. If desired, check Document > Embosser settings to ensure page size and margins are correct.
3. Emboss.
Thank you, James, for enriching the topic of music with this lovely little detail!
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