November 2025 Bonus Questions – Braille Refreshers 2025112402

Music Braille! 🔊 Let's explore concepts from Music Braille Code, 2015 (MBC2015)! 🎧 See question 4 for more resources.

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* 1. True or False? We cannot put dynamic markings in front of rests.

(Examples of dynamic markings include "f" for forte, "p" for piano, "pp" for pianissimo.) (MBC2015 §22.3) Check out the NBA webinar Keyboard Dynamics for much more nuance and instruction about this.

True

False

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* 2. What is another term for "diverging and converging graphic symbols for crescendo and decrescendo?" (MBC2015 §22.3.3)
𝆒 𝆓

Long angle brackets

Hairpins

Chopsticks

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* 3. There are how many octaves? (MBC2015 §3.1)

15

10

8

7

4

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* 4. Music-Related Resources:

Music Braille Transcribing certification course administered by NFB

APH’s Building Your Music Toolkit list

ICEB’s page on Braille Music, including a list of resources to teach braille music

NBA’s “Ask an Expert” forum for Music Braille questions In addition, the Web-Based Learning page of NBA's website includes the webinar Introduction to Music Braille.

Last, but NEVER LEAST, the code: Music Braille Code, 2015 on BANA’s MUSIC BRAILLE CODE page