Braille music

Braille cell, 2 dots wide by 3 dots high

Braille music is a braille code that allows music to be notated using braille cells so music can be read by visually impaired musicians. The system was incepted by Louis Braille.[1]

Braille music uses the same six-position braille cell as literary braille. However braille music assigns its own meanings and has its own syntax and abbreviations.[1] Almost anything that can be written in print music notation can be written in braille music notation. However, the notation is an independent and well-developed system with its own conventions.[1]

The world's largest collection of the notation is at the Library of Congress in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Braille music". RNIB. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ^ Lewis, Danny. "How the Library of Congress Is Digitizing Its Braille Music Collection". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2 January 2021.