[musictlk] (WebBraille)

Thu Jun 21 04:08:40 CDT 2007

You need not post to the list, either.  You can simply send any passages
in question to me at freedmas at stolaf.edu.  Then we won't clutter the list
with any discussion that may be too narrow or perhaps off-topic.

> We are referring to the book, A History Of Western Music by Donald J.
> Grout;
> and Claude V. Palisca.
>
> Debra Baxley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Linda Mentink
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:24 PM
> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>
> I believe this is WAY off topic!!
> At 09:01 PM 6/20/2007, you wrote:
>>Regarding the passage with the fowl language, you can just quote it and
>>use asterisks so as not to write the inappropriate word(s).  So, for the
>>word that's similar to darn, you would write d**n.  Or just write darn,
>>and I'll know what you mean.
>>
>> > Thank you for the clarification.
>> >
>> > In my opinion, the foul language is too inappropriate to quote on the
>> > website.
>> >
>> > Chapter 13:  "The Bourgeois ate the Ariostocracy, and the Ariostocracy
> ate
>> > the lower classes,".  Which statement leads me to believe that people
> were
>> > cannibalistic in that period of time.  Do I have a correct assumption?
>> >
>> > Debra Baxley
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
>> > Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:35 AM
>> > To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>> > Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>> >
>> >
>> >> I thought that you meant the plastic Braille display that goes
>> >> underneath
>> >> a
>> >> computer; I know that the Braille Lite 40 has a built-in Braille
>> >> display.
>> >
>> > Sorry about the confusion.  I should have been more clear.  As long as
> you
>> > have a device that will show Braille output (any sort of braille
> display,
>> > whether a separate hardware device or built-in to something else),
>> i.e.
>> > that will allow you to actually read the file in Braille, then you can
> use
>> > BRF files with no trouble.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I have more questions.  Acording to Chapter Thirteen, print page 545,
>> >> were
>> >> the people actually cannibalistic?
>> >
>> > I don't have my book with me at the moment.  Could you quote the
> relevant
>> > sentence or paragraph from the passage?
>> >
>> >>
>> >> In Chapter Twenty, what does foul language have to do with music?
>> Why
>> >> did
>> >> Igor Stravinsky use it in one of his quotations?
>> >
>> > He was probably simply using it as an expression, most likely to make
>> a
>> > point, just like people do today, and since he id directly quoted, the
>> > quotation was not edited.  If you send me the quote, I could elaborate
>> > more based on the context.  Also, on the subject of what fowl language
> has
>> > to do with music, I would say that it falls under the category of what
>> > text/words/language have to do with music.  I can elaborate on this
> point
>> > if you would like.  Just let me know.
>> >
>> > A quick note:  it seems that you have many questions along the lines
>> of
>> > "what does x have to do with music?"  Music is not some mutually
> exclusive
>> > thing (i'm not saying you don't know what I'm about to say, I just
> thought
>> > I'd make a few notes).  It comes from and is influenced by the
>> cultures
>> > from which it comes, so it is affected by and affects other things in
>> > those cultures and the world in general.  It may seem that music and x
>> > thing don't go together, but if one thinks about it (and reads more
> about
>> > it), it turns out that they often do.  I could give some examples, but
> you
>> > PROBABLY know what I mean.
>> >
>> > i hope this helps.  Feel free to e-mail me any time.
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Debra
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> >> On
>> >> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:14 AM
>> >> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>> >> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>> >>
>> >> A Braille Lite 40 has a braille display on it (a 40-cell one :) ).
>> >> That's
>> >> why I said that it
>> >> would work.
>> >>
>> >>> I do not have a Braille display.
>> >>>
>> >>> Debra
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> >>> On
>> >>> Behalf Of Sydney Walker Freedman
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:50 PM
>> >>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>> >>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>> >>>
>> >>> T
>> >>>>at would work.  As long as you have a Braille display, your golden.
> :)
>> >>> h No.  A Braille Lite 40 is available.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Debra
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> >>>> On
>> >>>> Behalf Of Cindy Ray
>> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:36 AM
>> >>>> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] (WebBraille)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Do you have a notetaker such as PacMate or MPower?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Cindy
>> >>>>
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