[musictlk] strategies for learning mountain dulcimer??

[Brenda]

Hi Joshua
thank you for your quick response and welcome.

I'm looking forward to finding out how other people learn songs for 
their instruments (dulcimer, guitar, etc).  Does anyone use iPad/iPhone 
apps to learn music for recording or rereading music that you find on 
the internet?  Do most people who are blind simply learn by ear?  Are 
there any suggestions for learning by ear (what I can do, what my 
instructor can do to help me).  What other ways do blind people learn 
their instruments?
Thanks
brenda
Thanks
Brenda

On 9/20/2013 2:09 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
> Ms. Brenda!
> First of all, welcome to the list!
> You just key the dulcimer like you would key a guitar.
> It's the same hand positioning!
> Blessings, Joshua
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> From: musictlk [musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Brenda [bjnite at windstream.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 1:05 PM
> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [musictlk] strategies for learning mountain dulcimer??
>
> Hello list
>
> I am a beginning mountain dulcimer player.  I cannot read print (which
> was never practical for reading music) , and I can't see hand
> positions.  I can see my instrument, but don't really process visually
> what I see.  I'm learning grade 2 Braille so am no where near ready for
> music Braille which may not be real efficient for me.  I have an iPad
> and iPhone and use Window Eyes on my Win7 pc.  I have been taking
> lessons from an awesome instructor who has helped me to
> become very familiar with my dulcimer despite my being unable to read
> music or see
> much of hand movements.  I play songs and cords using all the strings.
>
> Does anyone know of any accessible iDevice apps they would recommend for
> recording music.  I'm looking for something that will allow me to easily
> speed up/slow down and rewind/fast forward.  I find sliders don't work
> real well.  I hate buying apps only to find they do not work with voiceover.
>
> Any tips, websites, etc that would help me as a blind mountain dulcimer
> player to learn by ear or in general would be appreciated.
>
> Finally, are there any mountain dulcimer players out there that would be
> willing to communicate with me?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
> B renda
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