Music
Sheet Music
APH File Repository Sheet Music - Free, NLS braille-ready files available to download through the APH File Repository.
Braille Sheet Music - A non-profit project to provide opportunity for visually impaired musicians around the world to read and study music, rather than learning by ears. Musicians can download various Braille sheet music for free and/or request a printed copy to be sent worldwide.
Gutenberg: The Sheet Music Project - Public domain sheet music in a variety of downloadable formats as well as a Project in Progress link that includes scanned scores ready for transcription.
Mutopia Project - Sheet music editions of classical music as well as a growing number of modern editions and new music. Music is in .PDF format for free download or high quality printed versions are available for purchase.
Sheet Music Consortium - Hosted by the UCLA Digital Library Program, a collaborative group of libraries provide an open collection of digitized sheet music, including American popular, patriotic, blues and ragtime.
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) - Collection of public domain music scores in .PDF, .MUS and .SIB formats.
Online Scores / Sheet Music - Duke University maintains a list of free, digital sheet music collections, as well as resources on Historic American Sheet Music and Classical String Quartets.
Additional Music Resources
ACB Radio - Streaming site providing programming by and of interest to blind and visually impaired listeners as well as providing a forum for blind musicians and artists to express their talents.
Alternate Text Production Center - The ATPC is the first publicly funded, system-wide resource dedicated to serving the alternate media needs of the largest post-secondary educational system in the world. In conjunction with the Southern California Conservatory of Music, ATPC has compiled a library of over five thousand music pieces that have been transcribed into Braille. Please view their Music Braille Catalog for the ATPC's transcribed books.
ClassicalArchives.com - Collection of audio available for a fee.
MENVI, Music Education Network For The Visually Impaired - Information network that promotes Braille music literacy and provides information for parents about music education resources as well as information for music educators regarding specialized materials and how to use them.
Dancing Dots - Offers assistive technologies that transcribe music into Braille and allow those with visual impairments to create and record scores
National Resource Center for Blind Musicians - Maintains a network of visually impaired musicians and provides information and referral services for visually impaired students of all ages. Facts about braille music and technology may also be found here.
NLS, National Library Service for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Music Services - Special music collection consisting of more than thirty thousand audio, braille, and large-print music scores, texts, and instructional materials about music and musicians as well as music related magazines. Braille titles make up the largest portion of the collection, with many titles available in web-braille.
Stephens - Large Print music available for purchase.
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