[Athen] Resources for blind student taking piano class

Rasul, Kamran KRasul at columbiabasin.edu
Wed Aug 26 11:15:36 PDT 2015


Maria,

If I understood correctly is the student learning to play the piano instrument? If so, this may help with learning to play the piano: Piano Lessons For The Blind - Lesson One <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J325UppLMEU>

As well, I am not visually impaired but do play some piano and like learning any other instruments, much of it is through feel and hearing over and over again – to which you already know about. Perhaps using the bump dots may help get familiar with middle C.

I noticed Maria Bohn just posted about Dancing Dots…

Kamran Rasul, M.Ed
Director of Assistive Technology
Columbia Basin College, TD 422
2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301
krasul at columbiabasin.edu<mailto:krasul at columbiabasin.edu> | 509.543.1448 ext.2048

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Hayman
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:57 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Resources for blind student taking piano class

Maria,
This would be a good place to start:

http://www.dancingdots.com/main/index.htm
On the windows end Sonar software with Caketalking scripts for JAWS would be one way to go. The challenge with so much of the audio software is graphic interfaces that attempt to replicate the layout of old-school audio hardware.

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Maria Bohn <mbohn at bergen.edu<mailto:mbohn at bergen.edu>> wrote:
Good afternoon – are there any technology or other resources anyone can suggest for a blind student taking a piano class? The student does not read braille. We are looking for workarounds in how she might be able to read music or any apps or other types of suggestions. This is our first time with a student taking piano – she is also taking a music production class which requires the use of equipment so if anyone has experience with this any and all tips, ideas etc appreciated.


Maria Bohn
Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist
Assistive Technology
Office of Specialized Services
Bergen Community College
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