New International Manual
of Braille Music Notation

These pages present a searchable resource for transcribers of braille music. With kind permission of Bettye Krolick, the Tables of Signs found in the publication "New International Manual of Braille Music Notation", compiled and published by the Braille Music Subcommitee World Blind Union, are published here.

Table 1: Basic Signs

Table 2: Clefs

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

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