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TABLES
  • 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

    Other Resources
  • Contact instructor
  • Send mail to class
  • Main BRL page
  • Contractions Lookup
  • Contractions List
  • Intro Braille course
  • Transcribers course

  • Table 9: Bar Lines & Repeats

    A. Bar Lines

    (space) Bar line
    l Braille bar line for special uses
    k Dotted bar line
    <k Double bar at end of composition
    <k ' Double bar at end of bar or section

    B. Print Repeats

    <7 Double bar followed by dots; beginning of repeat
    <2 Double bar with dots preceding; end of repeat
    #1 # 2 First, second ending (volta)
    + Print segno sign
    +l Print coda sign

    C. Braille Repeats

    7 Full- or part-measure repeat
    ' Separation of repeats with different values, i.e.,7 '7
    .7 Repeat beginning in fifth (or other number) times
    7# d Repeat four (or other number) times
    *7 Beginning of repeat in cadenza or unmeasured music
    #h #f Count back and repeat measures
    #d #d Repeat the last four (or other number) measures
    #d Repeat the last four (or other number) measures
    # -1 6 Repeat specific measures
    #b - 16 Repeat specific measures from thge numbered section
    (i.e., repeat measures 9-16 from Section 2)
    +a Braille Segno A (or B, etc.)
    "+ a Repeat back to segno A (or B, etc.)
    * End of segno music to be repeated
    +l Coda Sign
    - Parallel Motion
    - Sequence: Continue the pattern

    D. Variants

    5 Variant of measure (sign precedes and follows)
    5# b Variant of two (or other numbers) measures
    #b 5 Second (or other number) variant of measure
    #a 5# c Numbered variant, followed by number of measures
    (i.e., Variant 1, for 3 measures)



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