[MusicTlk] Fwd: [Menvi-discuss] Braille / accessible music notation study group

[Ella Yu]

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From: Marc Sabatella via Menvi-discuss
Date: Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 2:56 PM
Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Braille / accessible music notation study group

Hello!  For those who don't know me, I'm a sighted music educator and
software developer who has worked with blind musicians and has also helped
develop some of the accessibility features in MuseScore (free software for
standard music notation).  I'm interested in learning more about Braille
music myself (I know only the very very basics), helping enable others
(sighted and blind) to learn it too, helping other educators work with
blind musicians, and helping blind musicians use tools like MuseScore and
others to gain access to more music.

With that in mind - and frankly not a whole lot else in terms of specifics
- I'm launching a pilot "study group" for musicians interested in learning
more about Braille and accessible music notation, and/or helping others
learn.  I figure some of us know MuseScore, others know basic music theory,
others know Braille music, some of us have other experiences that could be
useful - let's all help each out and see if we can come out of it with some
useful new skills!

I don't have a set curriculum - I plan for us to mostly draw on the
resources that are out there already and rely on the power of
collaboration.  My main role here will be in providing some overall
guidance and a place for discussions, and organizing some projects to work
on together.

This will get underway next week and run through the end of the month or
so.  I assume that at least some people might be needing this to prepare
for the school year, so now seemed like a good time.  Depending on how
things go, I could see doing more of this sort of thing on an ongoing
basis, but let's start here and see where it leads.

I will be running this on my website community, Mastering MuseScore
<https://community.masteringmusescore.com>.  It's currently free to join -
just click the login button to get started if you're not already a member.
I've tried to make the site as accessible as I can within the constraints
of the platform it is hosted on (circle.so) but we'll see if there are
further improvements I can make there along the way.

Once you're in, head to the Accessibility space, which is where we'll get
started.  I've posted a message there
<https://community.masteringmusescore.com/c/accessibility/braille-and-accessible-music-notation-study-group-launching>
that you can respond to and let me know you're in.

Feel free to pass this message on to others, and if you have questions
you'd need me to answer here before you join the study group, let me know!

-- 
Marc Sabatella
marc at outsideshore.com
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