Re: music

[Simon Albrecht]

Am 17.06.2014 18:12, schrieb keira mccook:
> I have dyslexia and i find it hard to read sheet music.I am starting uni in
> September to study music. I've been instructed to improve my reading but it
> seems impossible.is there any way you can help.
Hello Keira,

I don’t know if this is the right place to search for help with your 
problem. LilyPond is a music typesetting program, and it’s firstly 
intended to produce sheet music which follows usual standards, though 
with better typographical quality and thus also distinctly better 
readable than most other typesetting available. Nevertheless I don’t 
think it will be a substantial support in your case. The only thing 
which comes to my mind (and which has something to do with LilyPond) is 
Clairnote, an alternative notation system which claims to be easier to 
read in principle: <http://www.clairnote.org>. I’ve no idea whether this 
is in fact an improvement, and less so, if it comes to your case.
Else I can only say:
– Improvise! Improvisation is often underestimated and an extremely 
valuable way of making music. It does of course depend on the kind of 
music you’re in: it’s possible to improvise in (almost) every style, but 
for some it’s more common. And it’s important to have a good teacher, I 
think.
– Or learn by heart! It’s what blind musicians do, and most certainly 
it’s not only a disadvantage of not being able to read sheet music, but 
it also allows a much deeper understanding of the music, both 
intellectually and emotionally, than if you only ever read the music 
from sheets.

I hope these small thought are of some use to you.
Best regards,

Simon