Opus Technologies

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We develop and sell software, print, and braille materials for learning and using braille, especially braille music. Based in San Diego, California, we've been serving the blind and visually-impaired community in the U.S. and other countries since 1992. Our customers include blind musicians and students, braille transcribers, parents, teachers and educators, and schools and libraries. View our Music Braille Product Guide for a quick overview and recommendations on books and software for music braille, and popular braille sheet music. View our latest product announcements. To learn more about our products, visit our products page.

For the piano vocal guitar and easy piano versions of songs with lyrics, the braille music consists of three parts: (1) preliminary matter: title page and transcriber notes, (2) a vocal-guitar part using the line-by-line method, with three lines for lyrics, chord symbols, and melody, and (3) a piano part using the bar-over-bar method, with three lines for melody, right hand, and left hand. Each part starts on a separate sheet, so that a blind vocalist/guitarist can use the vocal-guitar part while a blind pianist uses the piano part. For piano solo versions, the braille music consists of two parts: (1) preliminary matter, and (2) a piano part using the bar-over-bar method, with two parallel lines for right hand and left hand.

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