[musictlk] Playing The Guitar

Bill Kociaba williamkociaba at comcast.net
Thu Jun 30 11:51:07 UTC 2011


Hi again,
What style of music do you want to learn?  Depending on the style there are 
tons of audio based learning aids out there.
Bill
Bill Kociaba
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brianna Scerenscko" <bfs1206 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Playing The Guitar


> 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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>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/musictlk_nfbnet.org/marrie12%40gmail.c
>>> >> 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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>> Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen
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