[musictlk] Playing The Guitar

Brianna Scerenscko bfs1206 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 30 12:25:14 UTC 2011


Thanks
LOL Yeah we could. Sounds fun! :)

On 6/30/11, Bill Kociaba <williamkociaba at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
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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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>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> 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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