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Music has the advantage of being understandable in all languages. Whereas to read or transcribe a book into braille, one must know the language.
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But musical braille is a very complex, difficult and very verbose system.
That’s why I chose to transcribe the melodies, note by note with slurs and ties. I don’t specify the piano fingerings, accents, or dynamics, which I write on the braille score. When there are repetitions, codas, or segnos, I transcribe all the notes to be played.
Another advantage of musical braille is that it stimulates memory and brain plasticity. Reading and playing simultaneously is not easy, but the measures are delimited by spaces, and the sensored receptors in the fingers are connected to the brain, facilitating gradual learning that leads to free interpretation. The senses, the brain, and the emotional body are stimulated simultaneously, promoting auto-regeneration.
You will find on this page the transcribed melodies.
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Some explanations.
The 4 boxes at the top are used to specify the note, and the 2 boxes at the bottom the duration.
The standard treble and bass clefs are not indicated to avoid complicating the transcriptions. Clefs are indicated when their use is unconventional.
When the first measure is an anacrusis (incomplete), it can be assigned the number 0.
Up to 3 alterations in the key signature are transcribed one by one, then they are counted 
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The octave number must precede the note:
- On each new line,
- Whenever an interval is greater than or equal to a fifth,
- Whenever an interval is greater than or equal to a fourth if the octave changes,
- After textual information with the symbol (3-4-5) such as repeat signs, dynamics, time signature changes, rhythmic information, metronome indications…
But when the interval is in seconds or thirds, it is not necessary to repeat the octave sign before the note, whether or not one changes octave, going up or down.
For the musical numerotation, english numerals are used.
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An example of a musical score transcription.
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Click on a melody to see the score and an interpretation I did on piano or alto saxophone.
Children’s songs
My little rabbit
My little rabbit, arrangement Elvire AUCHER, musical braille transcription and piano-vocal performance by Pian’Obel, 2025.
A spider on the floor
A spider on the floor, arrangement Elvire AUCHER, musical braille transcription and piano-vocal performance by Pian’Obel, 2025.
Little snail
Little snail, arrangement Elvire AUCHER, musical braille transcription and piano-vocal performance by Pian’Obel, 2025.
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Classical, traditional music
Amazing Grace in english
Amazing Grace, arrangement Andrea Cappellari, musical braille transcription and performance by Sax’Obel, 2025.
Ode to joy
Ode to joy, arrangement Peter Deneff, musical braille transcription and performance by Pian’Obel, 2025.
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Song, jazz
Summertime in english
Summertime, arrangement Andrea Cappellari, musical braille transcription and performance by Sax’Obel, 2025.
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