Braille titles make up the largest portion of the collection. These include braille music transcriptions of the standard eighteenth and nineteenth century repertoire for most instruments, with emphasis on piano, vocal and choral music. The braille collection also contains earlier and later classical music, popular music, textbooks, librettos, and instructional method books.

Braille music scores and popular music lead sheets are available in an electronic format via the Internet. To access these music files, eligible program users must first receive a username and password from either their cooperating network library or the NLS Music Section. When these are received, the music files can be browsed online or downloaded for later reading or embossing. A list of available titles is on the web www.loc.gov/nls/Braille/muslist.html

There is a link to each music file from its record in the online catalog nlscatalog.loc.gov.

Resources from Dancing Dots for Blind Musicians,
Their Educators and Supporters

Do you serve students who need to learn to read music braille in order to participate in general music classes, school ensembles or any educational situation where sighted peers are reading conventional print music?

An Introduction to Music for the Blind Student
Parts I & II
by Richard Taesch

An Introduction to the Piano for the Blind Student
by Richard Taesch
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/currdet.htm

Tack-Tiles(R) for Music
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/tacktile.htm
Do you serve students who need to receive braille music materials much more quickly, keeping production on the local level? Are you yourself a blind musician who wants to produce braille editions of the same computer music files used to create printed versions of scores?
http://www.dancingdots.com/main/goodfeel.htm

Do you or your blind students need to express musical ideas in print (e.g. music theory assignments, original compositions or arrangements)? Sibelius and Sibelius Speaking scripts and tutorial
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/sibel-ad.htm

Cakewalk SONAR with CakeTalking scripts & tutorial from Dancing Dots

Do you or your visually impaired students need to independently produce high quality sound recordings for radio or TV productions, theatrical works or creative self-expression? Cakewalk SONAR with CakeTalking scripts & tutorial from Dancing Dots
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/CakeTalkingForSONAR.htm

Do you or your student need training in the use of technology from Dancing Dots or in Braille music reading? Training seminars and one-on-one training options from Dancing Dots
www.dancingdots.com/main/events.htm

NBP offers two braille music publications. Who's Afraid of Braille Music by Richard Taesch and William McCann introduces beginners to braille music, while How to Read Braille Music by Bettye Krolick provides more extensive information about the braille music code for students, teachers, and professionals.