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Pitch and duration in one cell.
Also known as: Music braille, Braille musical notation
The tactile notation writing music in braille cells, with pitch and note value combined in a single character.
Writes music in braille cells combining pitch and duration in each note character.
Contexts: Music
Linear where staff notation is two-dimensional, so a chord that a sighted reader takes in at once must be read one note at a time — which is why braille music is generally memorised rather than sight-read.
Contexts: Music
The same cell means a different duration depending on context, resolved by rules rather than by a separate mark, because six dots cannot encode enough distinct values.
Contexts: Music
Six-dot braille cells in a line, each combining a note name and a duration, with separate cells marking octave, fingering and expression.