New International Manual
of Braille Music Notation

TABLES

Table 1: Basic Signs

Table 3: Accidentals, Key
and Time signatures

Table 4: Rythmic Groups

Table 5: Chords

Table 6: Slurs and Ties

Table 7: Tremolos

Table 8: Fingering

Table 9: Bar lines and repeats

Table 10: Nuances

Table 11: Ornaments

Table 12: Theory

Table 13: Modern Notation

Table 14: General Organization

Table 15: Keyboard Music

Table 16: Vocal Music

Table 17: String Instruments

Table 18: Winds & Percussion

Table 19: Accordion

Other Resources

Contact instructor

Send mail to class

Contractions Lookup

Contractions List

Intro Braille course

Transcribers course

Table 10: Nuances

8	Staccato (dot)
,8	Staccatissimo (pear-shaped dot)
"8	Mezzo-staccato (dot & line)
_8	Agogic accent (short line)
.8	Accent (horizontal "V" pointing to the right)
@8	Reversed accent (horizontal"V" pointing to the left)
;8	Martellato (thick "V")
>1	Comma, half breath
,/	Full break or breath
<l	Fermata
_< l	Fermata on bar line
"< l	Fermata between notes
;< l	Fermata with square shape
^< l	Fermata with tent shape
>c	Diverging lines (crescendo)	>3	End of diverging lines
>d	Converging lines (decrescendo)	>4	End of converging lines
*'	Swell, diverging & converging lines on one note
''	Beginning of first line of continuation
>'	End of first line of continuation
--	Beginning of second line of continuation
>-	End of second line of continuation
>	Word sign; literary material

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