| Show enia b ree s ahm A LOD alii 4 n d to read R ka vo a d mu blind printer invents system by which sightless musicians can read notes easily jacksonville ill five years ago L IV rodenberg blind printer ot of the state school for the blind began experiments peri ments to perfect a system of musical scores for the blind in 1923 his device has been accepted by all the leading institutions for the blind in the united states and the school at jacksonville now publishes more music than any other institution in america formerly ihen hen a blind musician would run lits his fingers over the embossed dots of his score lie he could read only notes designed for the left hand without the slightest knowledge of what the composition as a whole would sound like then lie he had bad to go back to find out ni what bat the right hands part was like since each score was printed separately the english devised a different system by which they placed the treble and bass alternately that Is there would be a few lines for the left hand band then a few for the right hand but even this innovation did not please the blind musicians who wanted to study the full score of the composition as they proceeded mr air rodenberg devised eighteen different systems while he condRe conducted ted hl hi experiments and submitted tap toa teachers of the blind throughout th the country asking them to select the one which seemed most practicable the system chosen has been received with acclamation by tha blind musicians everywhere and the presses at jacksonville are kept busy meeting the demand for music written according to the new system uses bar ovir over bar method it sounds simple enough according to mr rodenberg Il he calls it the bar over bar method instead of printing the whole composition for the left hand and then following th the music for the right after the man er ot of a puzzle in which the two parts must be pieced together mr roden berg follows the conventional method of printing music on the top line of the page Is printed the score tor for left hand just un berneath der dei neath he places the right hand becore fe core thus a blind musician can read with both hands at once and get a per feet idea of what the composition as a whole will sound like |
