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Home > Braille Development Section > Courses > Music Braille Transcribing Course Application
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The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS) offers a course in music braille transcribing to teach students to transcribe print music materials into braille. Upon completion, a student receives a Library of Congress certificate in music braille transcribing.
There is no tuition charge. Necessary instructional materials are provided free of charge by the Library of Congress. They include the Music Braille Code 1997, Introduction to Braille Music Transcription, and course guidelines .
Instructional materials will be sent to students directly from the Library of Congress. Students are encouraged to study with alocal Library of Congress-certified music braille transcriber through Part one. For information about local groups that sponsor braille classes, consult the Library of Congress directory Sources of Custom-Produced Books or call NLS at 800-424-8567. The entire course may be taken by correspondence from the Library of Congress
Beginning with Part Two, all students work through correspondence. Upon successful completion of work from the text, students are required to submit a partial score chosen by the instructor as a final project in the course. If the completed transcription is acceptable, the Library of Congress certificate in music braill transcribing will be awarded. Students have three chances to submit an acceptable trial manuscript.
Computer programs utilizing a literary braille translator or a music braille translator may be used in this course. Assignments must be submitted in hard-copy braille. Thermoform copies are not acceptable. A line length of 40 cells must be utilized according to braille music rules.
Applicants must complete the application form, print and sign it, and send it to the Library of Congress at the address given. The form must be submitted before the course begins.
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Toll free: 800-424-8567
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Posted on 2007-12-18