"paper music" is a
social entrepreneurship
dedicated to providing music and resources
to blind musicians around the world.
This website is
a resource page for all musicians and music scholars.
[Web Resources for Musicians]
[Web Resources for the Blind]
[Publications]
[File
Downloads]
[Musical Humor, Where No Artist is Safe from
Ridicule]
[Other Items of Interest (visual content)]
Featured Links:
[Happy
Fingers: Easy Songs for Braille Music Readers. Books 1 and 2 available for
free.]
[Measure For Measure: Promoting Equality
Through Braille Music Literacy (110MB WMV file)]
[IMSLP:
The Petrucci Music Library—Public Domain Music Downloads]
This website Copyright © 1997-2012
by John Andrew English
[Who am I?]
[Mission
Statement] [Transcription
& Consultation Services] [Contact Me]
2009 Co-recipient of the Dr. Jacob
Bolotin Award (NFB)
Celebrating 15 years on the World
Wide Web!
(First site upload: May 3, 1997;
Most recent update: January 27, 2012.)
The Courtesy Rules of Blindness:
When
you meet me don't be ill at ease. It will help both of us if you remember these
simple points of courtesy:
1.
I'm an ordinary person, just blind. You don't need to raise your voice
or address me as if I were a child. Don't ask my spouse what I want—"Cream
in the coffee?"—ask me.
2.
I may use a long white cane or a guide dog to walk independently; or I
may ask to take your arm. Let me decide, and please don't grab my arm; let me
take yours. I'll keep a half-step behind to anticipate curbs and steps.
3.
I want to know who's in the room with me. Speak when you enter.
Introduce me to the others. Include children, and tell me if there's a pet.
4.
The door to a room or cabinet or to a car left partially open is a
hazard to me.
5.
At dinner I will not have trouble with ordinary table skills.
6.
Don't avoid words like "see." I use them, too. I'm always glad
to see you.
7.
I don't want pity. But don't talk about the "wonderful
compensations" of blindness. My sense of smell, touch, or hearing did not
improve when I became blind. I rely on them more and, therefore, may get more
information through those senses than you do—that's all.
8.
If I'm your houseguest, show me the bathroom, closet, dresser,
window—the light switch, too. I like to know whether the lights are on.
9.
I'll discuss blindness with you if you're curious, but it's an old story
to me. I have as many other interests as you do.
Don't think of me as a blind
person. I'm a person who just happens to be blind.
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