Hello Jirina,

I have a 1979 edition of the Dictionary Of Braille Music Signs by Bettye
Krolick, I think it was from the National Braille Assoc. (
www.nationalbraille.org/ ). It has definitions for symbols in samisen &
koto music & I think for shakuhachi as well. I have never encountered an
example of braille music for Japanese instruments, however.

Patrick

At 02:12 PM 6/21/2002, Jirina Holenova wrote:
>Hallo everybody,
>I want to learn to play the shakuhachi flute.
>There is a number of things I would like to ask.
>Is there a braille music notation for kinko ryu notation and if so, where
>and on which conditions could I loan or buy it?
>I wrotte already an e-mail to:
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>but I haven't got any reply yet.
>   Are there playing guides for shakuhachi and any music material for this
>instrument available?
>Is there an computer program for transcribing handwritten japanese fuke
>music notation and kinko ryu notation available?
>Thanks for answering my questions and recomanding me some other institutions
>where I could
>find what I am looking for.
>
>Yours sincerely
>Jirina Holenova
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