[musictlk] [Bulk] Re: Playing The Guitar

Thu Jun 30 15:33:27 UTC 2011

Hi Bill,
I played the sax and flute professionally in jazz ensembles in my younger 
years.  I now am passionate about the guitar.  I play classical and jazz 
fusion guitar and wish there were more hours in the day to play...guitar 
that is.

Michael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
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Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 6:33 AM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [musictlk] Playing The Guitar

> thanks Penny, very kind of you to say.  We sure do seem to have a lot of 
> guitar players amongst us don't we.  Am I the only sax player in this 
> group?
> Bill
> Bill Kociaba
> CRUISEONE
> Bill at Ycruise.com
> 954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
> 7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Penny Golden" <goldpen at frontiernet.net>
> To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Playing The Guitar
>
>
>> Hi.  I thought that what Bill had to say was tremendous.  I'm a 
>> mostly-left-handed braille reader and have played guitar for 50 years.  I 
>> used a part of the finger closer to the nails to play the guitar.  The 
>> part for reading braille was just a little "south" of that, so to speak. 
>> I never had trouble with the two interfering with each other.  I played 
>> an awful lot of six-string and an awful lot of twelve-string, but I still 
>> kept a fast reading speed and had no difficulty wondering what the dot 
>> configurations were.
>> From all the responses you've got on this question, we could start a 50 
>> guitar band with a couple banjos thrown in for good measure.
>> BestPen
>> At 03:14 PM 6/29/2011, you wrote:
>>>Hi Brianna,
>>>I am doing it backwards.  I am just now trying to learn braille after 
>>>playing guitar for many years.  I actually haven't played in a while and 
>>>my callasse have gone down somewaht but the result is a loss of 
>>>sensativity in my fingertips.  I would suggest to really try to use only 
>>>the very tip of your fingers to fret the neck...Thats the way you are 
>>>suppose to do it anyway just many people aren't that precise.  Try very 
>>>hard to arch your fingers as much as you can and use only the very tip of 
>>>your finger as close to the nail as you can.  Try to be awaire of what 
>>>part of your finger you use to read and try to avoid letting that area 
>>>touch the strings.  Oh and most important have fun with it.
>>>Bills
>>>Bill Kociaba
>>>CRUISEONE
>>>Bill at Ycruise.com
>>>954 227 7772 or Toll Free 877 227 7775
>>>7600 Wiles Rd, Coral Springs, FL 33067
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brianna Scerenscko" 
>>><bfs1206 at gmail.com>
>>>To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:07 PM
>>>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
>>>>
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