[musictlk] Playing The Guitar

Thu Jun 30 00:05:43 UTC 2011

Hi, Brianna,

My take goes like this:
I have good calluses on my left (fingering) hand but (as Marion 
indicated) on the tips of my fingers not the pads so  my left-hand 
reading is not impacted at all.  I play classical (and banjo) so I 
also have calluses on my right hand.  these are larger and extend 
more toward the finger pad.   I can still read with either hand, but 
I think it's safe to say that my right hand is less 
sensitive.  that's a tricky call to make though.  We know from brain 
scans that usually (not always) the nondominant hand is more 
sensitive than the dominant.  so, I can't say for sure if it's the 
slight area of overlap from braille reading and finger picking that 
does this or if my right hand is just generally slightly behind the curve.

Either way, I think we're all agreed that the impact, whatever it may 
be, is slight enough not to worry about.

Peace,

Sheri W-J

At 05:57 PM 6/29/2011, you wrote:
>Brianna,
>     I have been playing guitar for more than 40 years . I learned Braille
>when I was 35, about 20 years after beginning guitar. Though I have good
>calluses on the tips of the fingers of my left hand, I have none on my
>right, in spite of the fact that I do not use a pick and most frequently
>finger pick. The calluses on my left hand fingers are only on the tips, not
>on the pad, so they do not interfere with reading. HTH!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brianna Scerenscko" <bfs1206 at gmail.com>
>To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [musictlk] Playing The Guitar
>
>
> > Thank You :)
> >
> > On 6/29/11, Johnny Russo <johnnyrusso at windstream.net> wrote:
> >> Hi Brianna,
> >> I've played guitar for 30 years.  I am totally blind and read
> >> Braille.  Yes, playing guitar can affect your sensitivity for reading
> >> Braille, but not enough to worry about it, or stop playing guitar.  Have
> >> fun!
> >>
> >> John Russo
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >> Behalf Of Brianna Scerenscko
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:07 PM
> >> To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
> >> Subject: [musictlk] Playing The Guitar
> >>
> >> Hello Everyone,
> >>
> >> My name is Brianna. So I finally decided to take a listen to my
> >> Talking Tabs set of guitar lessons that an old VR councelar gave to
> >> me. I like it so far.
> >> I was just wondering if getting calisses on my fingers from playing
> >> would effect my braille reading?
> >> Hope this makes sense. :-)
> >>
> >> Thank You
> >>
> >> Brianna
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/29/11, Sarah Alawami <marrie12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> lol. I have a dm 420 right now so I really can't buy another model,
> >>> pluss
> >>> it' sonly a year old but I listened to the review and niel of corse did
> >>> a
> >>> bang up job.
> >>> On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Johnny Russo wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Dear Friends,
> >>>>
> >>>>                I am totally blind and work as a sound engineer.  I also
> >>>> record CD's for bands.  I have informed several companies who
> >>>> manufacture
> >>>> recording equipment that speech prompts, added to their products would
> >>>> enable accessibility for blind engineers and musicians.  Olympus is
> >>>> listening.  They have released the LS7, a unit similar in size to other
> >>>> Olympus digital recorders.  It has speech prompts for all menus.  It
> >>>> features high quality condenser microphones, and an Omni directional
> >>>> microphone, which can be turned on or off.  The unit will allow you to
> >>>> record live shows or practice sessions in WMA, PCM, or MP3 formats.
> >>>> You
> >>>> can
> >>>> record in 16 bit, or 24 bit resolution.  Neal Ewers has posted an
> >>>> informative podcast on the LS7 on www dot, blind cool tech dot com.  I
> >>>> spelled this out so screen readers will pronounce it clearly.  Olympus
> >>>> is
> >>>> anxious to observe the response from the blind community in respects to
> >>>> how
> >>>> many of us purchase an LS7.  Olympus is interested in expanding product
> >>>> features in future units, if enough LS7's are sold.  Various Olympus
> >>>> dealers
> >>>> can provide an LS7 for you.  You will be impressed.  FYII
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> John Russo
> >>>>
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> >> om
> >>>
> >>> Sarah Alawami
> >>>
> >>> If you  need an edit  done on a small project go to
> >>> http://music.marrie.org/master.html for more info. If you need to
> >>> contact
> >> me
> >>> my info is below.
> >>>
> >>> MSN and AIM: marrie12 at gmail.com
> >>>
> >>> website: http://music.marrie.org
> >>> Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com
> >>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125
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