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 17- String Instruments

A. String Signs

%a	1st string			%k	5th string
%b	2nd string			%2	6th string
%l	3rd string			%'	7th string
%1	4th string

B. Positions or Frets

>>	1st position/fret			,> 3	7th position/fret
>/	2nd position/fret			>-	8th position/fret
>+	3rd position/fret			>- +	9th position/fret
>#	4th position/fret			>- +	10th position/fret
>	5th position/fret			>- #	11th position/fret
>0	6th position/fret			>-	12th position/fret
				>> /	Half position
'a	Glissando or shift to a new position
'a '	Beginning of shift line
'@ a	End of shift line

C. Barres

_			Grand or full barre
^			Half or partial barre
@			Vertical bracket barre
>			End of barre sign when it is not followed by a fret sign

D. Other Signs

k			Natural or harmonic or open string
*l			Artificial harmonic
<b			Down bow or up stroke
<'			Up bow or up stroke
_>			Left hand pizzicato

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