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Index of signs

The index of signs page contains the braille symbols taken from the following chief manuals:
  1. International Manual of Braille Music Notation, 1956
  2. New International Manual of Braille Music Notation, 1996
  3. "Compendio di Notazione Musicale Braille", Guglielmo Vassio, 2002
To search more than one Braille character use comma.
Braille dots Description Example Instrument Manual
1 2 61 2
 brass, sign that can be doubled, written before the note empty brass Vassio
1 2 61 2
 percussion instruments, sign that can be doubled, written before the note; to beat by a tender drumstick (with fibre-lined head) a cymbal empty percussions Vassio
1 2 61 2
 vocal music, written before the note; beginning of the fragment to be performed “a bocca chiusa” (with shut mouth, translator’s note) empty vocal Vassio
1 2 61 2 3
 Fermata, pause empty International Manual
1 2 61 2 6
 Double flat empty International Manual
1 2 61 3
 Double bar at end of composition 126-13 doppiastanghettafinale 1-2 piccola International Manual
1 2 61 31 4
 piano, written before the note; right pedal dwelt upon and moved right after empty piano Vassio
1 2 61 33
 Double bar at end of bar section 126-13-3 doppiastanghettasezione 9-4 piccola International Manual
1 2 61 33
 written after the note; ending sign of a section or of a movement through an incomplete measure empty Vassio
1 2 61 4
 Ped. or other indication for pedal down 126-14 pedaleabbassato 15-18 piccola International Manual

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