This concise and thorough table shows all qwerty keyboard translations for signs most commonly used in the current Braille music code. It is intended for use by sighted teachers of Braille music users; for those wishing to assist in the transcription of printed music into Braille; and as an experimental system of interest. This system allows computer users to create music which can be interpreted in Braille by visually impaired musicians via an electronic Braille display and/or Braille printer. (Please note, THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CODE PRACTISED FOR COMERCIAL PURPOSES, AND MUST THEREFORE BE INTENDED FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY.)
The following table is just that, and does not discuss the application, grouping, spacing or multiple use of symbols, so you are strongly advised to inquire about these issues independently. For ease of reference, each sign is numbered, and described in plain text along with their symbolic representation (please note, all letter signs used are lower case unless otherwise stated); and the list is set out alphabetically, with, in many cases, two references to the same sign in order to facilitate its location.
(A)
1. A crotchet: left brace - {
2. A minim/demisemiquaver: s
3. A quaver: i
4. A semibreve/semiquaver: exclamation mark - !
5. Accent: full stop eight - .8
6. Acciaccatura: five - 5
Accidentals:
7. Flat: less-than - <
8. Natural: star - *
9. Sharp: percent - %
10. A la breve time: underscore c - _c
11. Alto/C clef: greater-than plus l - >+l
12. Alto (voice): greater-than a - >a
Articulation:
13. Accent: full stop eight - .8
14. Slur (note): c
15. Slur (begin phrase): semicolon b - ;b
16. Slur (end phrase): tilde two - ~2
17. Slur (small): semicolon c - ;c
18. Staccato: eight - 8
19. Staccatissimo: comma eight - ,8
20. Tenuto: underscore eight - _8
21. Tenuto staccato: double quote eight - ”8
22. Arpeggio (accumulating): tilde c - ~c
23. Arpeggio (down): double quote greater-than k - ”>k
24. Arpeggio (up): greater-than k - >k
25. Appoggiatura: double quote five - ”5
26. Asterisk (musical): greater-than five nine - >59
(B)
27. B crotchet: w
28. B minim/demisemiquaver: t
29. B quaver: j
30. B semibreve/semiquaver: right parenthesis - )
31. Bar division: full stop k - .k
32. Bar line: space (or) l
33. Bar rest: m
34. Bar/beat repeat: seven - 7
35. Bar/beat repeat (an octave higher/lower, or other pitch): octave sign seven - (E.G) .7
36. Bass/F clef: greater-than hash l - >#l
37. Bass (voice): greater-than b - >b
38. Beat division: double quote greater-than - ”>
39. Breath (vocal/wind): comma slash - ,/
Bowing (strings):
40. Down bow: less-than apostrophe - <’
41. Up bow: less-than b - <b
(C)
42. C crotchet: question mark - ?
43. C minim/demisemiquaver: n
44. C quaver: d
45. C semibreve/semiquaver: y
46. Crotchet rest: v
Clefs:
47. Alto/C clef: greater-than plus l - >+l
48. Bass/F clef: greater-than hash l - >#l
49. Tenor/C clef: greater-than plus double quote l - >+”l
50. Treble/G clef: greater-than slash l - >/l
51. Coda: plus l - +l
52. Common time: full stop c - .c
(D)
53. D crotchet: colon - :
54. D minim/demisemiquaver: o
55. D quaver: e
56. D semibreve/semiquaver: z
57. Dotted note/rest: apostrophe - ’
58. Double bar: less-than k - <k
59. Double bar with repeats (begin): less-than seven - <7
60. Double bar with repeats (end): less-than two - <2
61. Double bar at end of section: less-than k apostrophe - <k’
62. Down bow (strings): less-than apostrophe - <’
63. Down pedal (piano): less-than c - <c
(E)
64. E crotchet: dollar - $
65. E minim/demisemiquaver: p
66. E quaver: f
67. E semibreve/semiquaver: ampersand - &
68. Eighth (interval): hyphen - -
(F)
69. F crotchet: right brace - }
70. F minim/demisemiquaver: q
71. F quaver: g
72. F semibreve/semiquaver: equals - =
73. Fifth (interval): nine - 9
74. Fifth finger (keyboard): k
75. Fifth finger (strings): comma k (and) k comma - ,k (and) k,
76. Fifth octave: full stop - .
77. Fifth position/fret (strings): percent k - %k
78. Figured bass )continuo): hash (followed by 6, 43, etc) - #6 (etc)
79. First finger (keyboard): a
80. First finger (strings): comma a (and) a comma - ,a (and) a,
Fingering (keyboard):
81. First: a
82. Second: b
83. Third: l
84. Fourth: one - 1
85. Fifth: k
Fingering (strings, up/down):
86. First: comma a (and) a comm. - ,a (and) a,
87. Second: comma b (and) b comm. - ,b (and) b,
88. Third: comma l (and) l comma - ,l (and) l,
89. Fourth: comma double quote (and) double quote comma - ,” (and) ”,
90. Fifth: comma k (and) k comma - ,k (and) k,
91. First octave: at - @
92. First position/fret (strings): percent a - %a
93. Five flats (key signature): hash e less-than - #e<
94. Five sharps (key signature): hash e percent - #e%
95. Flat (accidental): less-than - <
96. Fourth (interval): hash - #
97. Fourth finger (keyboard): one - 1
98. Fourth finger (strings): comma double quote (and) double quote comma - ,” (and) ”,
99. Fourth octave: double quote - ”
100. Fourth position/fret (strings): percent one - %1
101. Four flats (key signature): hash d less-than - #d<
102. Four sharps (key signature): hash d percent - #d%
103. Four-eight time: hash d eight - #d8
104. Four-four time: hash d four - #d4
105. Four-two time: hash d two - #d2
Fret/Position (strings) 1-7:
106. First: percent a - %a
107. Second: percent b - %b
108. Third: percent l - %l
109. Fourth: percent one - %1
110. Fifth: percent k - %k
111. Sixth: percent two - %2
112. Seventh: percent apostrophe - %’
(G)
113. G crotchet: vertical bar - |
114. G minim/demisemiquaver: r
115. G quaver: h
116. G semibreve/semiquaver: left parenthesis - (
117. Glissando: at a - @a
118. Grace note: nine - 9
(H)
Hand Signs (keyboard):
119. Left hand: underscore greater-than - _>
120. Right hand: full stop greater-than - .>
121. Hyphen (musical): double quote - ”
(I)
122. In accord with (part bar, open): double quote one - ”1
123. In accord with (part bar, close): full stop k - .k
124. In accord with (whole bar): less-than greater-than - <>
Intervals:
125. Unison: double quote hyphen - ”-
126. With its second: slash - /
127. With its third: plus - +
128. With its fourth: hash - #
129. With its fifth: nine - 9
130. With its sixth: zero - 0
131. With its seventh: three - 3
132. With its octave (eighth): hyphen - -
(K)
Key Signatures:
133. 1 flat: less-than - <
134. 2 flats: less-than (x2) - <<
135. 3 Flats: less-than (x3) - <<<
136. 4 flats: hash d less-than - #d<
137. 5 flats: hash e less-than - #e<
138. 1 sharp: percent - %
139. 2 sharps: percent (x2) - %%
140. 3 sharps: percent (x3) - %%%
141. 4 sharps: hash d percent - #d%
142. 5 sharps: hash e percent - #e%
(L)
143. Left hand (keyboard): underscore greater-than - _>
144. Left heal (organ pedal): b
145. Left toe (organ pedal): a
(M)
146. Metronome mark: seven hash - 7#
147. Minim/demisemiquaver rest: u
(N)
148. Natural (accidental): star - *
149. Nine-eight time: hash i eight - #i8
(O)
150. Octave (interval): hyphen - -
Octave Signs:
151. First: at - @
152. Second: tilde - ~
153. Third: underscore - _
154. Fourth: double quote - ”
155. Fifth: full stop - .
156. Sixth: semicolon - ;
157. Seventh: comma - ,l
Ornaments:
158. Acciaccatura (or) grace note: five - 5
159. Appoggiatura: double quote five - ”5
160. Mordent (lower): double quote six l - ”6l
161. Mordent (upper): double quote six - ”6
162. Trill: six - 6
163. Turn (after note): four - 4
164. Turn (after note, inverted): four l - 4l
165. Turn (on note): comma four - ,4
166. Turn (on note, inverted): comma four l - ,4l
(P)
167. Pause: less-than l - <l
168. Pedals (organ): tilde greater-than - ~>
Pedaling (organ):
169. Left heal: b
170. Left toe: a
171. Right heal: one - 1
172. Right toe: l
173. Pedal down (piano): less-than c - <c
174. Pedal up (piano): star c - *c
Position/Fret (strings) 1-7:
175. First: percent a - %a
176. Second: percent b - %b
177. Third: percent l - %l
178. Fourth: percent one - %1
179. Fifth: percent k - %k
180. Sixth: percent two - %2
181. Seventh: percent apostrophe - %’
182. Prefix (for music): comma apostrophe - ,’
183. Prefix (for text): semicolon two - ;2
(Q)
184. Quaver rest: x
(R)
185. Repeat: seven - 7
186. Repeat text (section brackets, vocal): nine )and) nine - 9 (and) 9
187. Repeat to segno: double quote plus a (b, c, …) - ”+a
Rests:
188. Bar: m
189. Crotchet: v
190. Minim/demisemiquaver: u
191. Quaver: x
192. Semibreve/semiquaver: m
193. Right hand (keyboard): full stop greater-than - .>
194. Right heal (organ pedal): one - 1
195. Right toe (organ pedal): l
(S)
196. Second (interval): slash - /
197. Second finger (keyboard): b
198. Second finger (strings): comma b (and) b comma - ,b (and) b,
199. Second octave: tilde - ~
200. Second position/fret (strings): percent b - %b
201. Semibreve/semiquaver rest: m
202. Seventh (interval): three - 3
203. Seventh octave: comma - ,
204. Seventh position/fret (strings): percent apostrophe - %’
205. Sharp (accidental): percent - %
206. Six-eight time: hash f eight - #f8
207. Six-four time: hash f four - #f4
208. Six-two time: hash f two - #f2
209. Sixth (interval): zero - 0
210. Sixth octave: semicolon - ;
211. Sixth position/fret (strings): percent two - %2
212. Slur (note): c
213. Slur (phrase begin): semicolon b - ;b
214. Slur (phrase end): tilde two - ~2
215. Slur (small): semicolon c - ;c
216. Solo part (voice or melody instrument): double quote greater-than - ”>
217. Staccato: eight - 8
218. Staccatissimo: comma eight - ,8
Stem Signs (rhythm signs):
219. Crotchet: underscore a - _a
220. Minim: underscore k - _k
221. Quaver: underscore b - _b
222. Semibreve: underscore apostrophe - _’
223. Semiquaver: underscore l - _l
224. Soprano (voice): greater-than s - >s
(T)
225. Tenor/C clef: greater-than plus double quote l - >+”l
226. Tennor (voice): greater-than t - >t
227. Tenuto: underscore eight - _8
228. Tenuto staccato: double quote eight - ”8
229. Third (interval): plus - +
230. Third finger (keyboard): l
231. Third finger (strings): comma l (and) l comma - ,l (and) l,
232. Third octave: underscore - _
233. Third position/fret (strings): percent l - %l
234. Three-eight time: hash c eight - #c8
235. Three-four time: hash c four - #c4
236. Three-two time: hash c two - #c2
237. Tied (chord): full stop c - .c
238. Tied (note): at c - @c
Time Signatures (most common):
239. A la breve: underscore c - _c
240. Common time: full stop c - .c
241. Four-eight: hash d eight - #d8
242. Four-four: hash d four - #d4
243. Four-two: hash d two - #d2
244. Nine-eight: hash I eight - #i8
245. Three-eight: hash c eight - #c8
246. Three-four: hash c four - #c4
247. Three-two: hash c two - #c2
248. Six-eight: hash f eight - #f8
249. Six-four: hash f four - #f4
250. Six-two: hash f two - #f2
251. Twelve-eight: hash a b eight - #ab8
252. Two-eight: hash b eight - #b8
253. Two-four: hash b four - #b4
254. Two-two: hash b two - #b2
255. Tone cluster: tilde five b - ~5b
256. Tone cluster (with flats): tilde less-than b - ~<b
257. Tone cluster (with sharps): tilde percent b - ~%b
258. Treble/G clef: greater-than slash l - >/l
259. Tremolo: full stop one - .1
260. Trill: six - 6
261. Triplet: two - 2
262. Turn (after note): four - 4
263. Turn (after note, inverted): four l - 4l
264. Turn (on note): comma four - ,4
265. Turn (on note, inverted): comma 4 l - ,4l
266. Twelve-eight time: hash a b eight - #ab8
267. Two-four time: hash b four - #b4
268. Two-two time: hash b two - #b2
(U)
269. Unison (interval): double quote hyphen - ”-
270. Up bow (strings): less-than b - <b
271. Up pedal (piano): star c - *c
(V)
Vocal Music:
272. Alto: greater-than a - >a
273. Bass: greater-than b - >b
274. Prefix for text: semicolon two - ;2
275. Repeat text (open/close brackets): nine (and) nine - 9 (and) 9
276. Soprano: greater-than s - >s
277. Tenor: greater-than t - >t
278. Vowels On single note: l
(W)
279. Word indicator sign: greater-than - >
280. Word/music separator: apostrophe - ’
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