[musictlk] Playing The Guitar

Thu Jun 30 01:02:17 UTC 2011

Thank you everyone. :-)

On 6/29/11, Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen <swellsj at bgsu.edu> wrote:
> 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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>> >>>
>> >>> 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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Brianna Scerenscko