All print music and braille music for the guitar is written in the treble clef. The most interesting (and complicated) thing about guitar music is that it can appear as a single melody line, two voices (top strings & bass strings), three voices (top note melody, middle voice accompaniment and bass notes) or as chords. The braille is transcribed in a single line format with in-accords and intervals read from the top down.
This first example is a single note melody. The centered heading includes the Tempo (if there is one), the key signature and the meter. Measure numbers begin each segment at cell one, next line begins in cell three. (click on the images for larger size)
This example has two polyphonic voices and is transcribed using in-accords.
And last but not least, a few measures of just chords.
The chords above could also be transcribed with the bass notes as an in-accord: 
Feedback on which chord format is easier to read would be helpful. This is just an introduction to classic guitar music in braille but something to start a discussion. The first two music examples are from Bach's "Minuet in G" and a full transcription, print image and midi file is available on my website on the transcriptions page. Have fun! <BRF file of this post>
Very nice. It's so much easier to represent three different voices in braille than it is in print.
ReplyDeleteThis is really fascinating. Thank you for sharing it with the world.
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