[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

[brother Timothy Clark]

i actually was kind of offended by this question but i got over it once i saw it was sincere. 
 we can play guitar and as a matter of fact, i know blind musicians who work as session guitarists. 
 little old me for one name.
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On Kislev 28, 5775 AM, at 0:57, Lauren Merryfield via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> It never occurred to me that a blind person might not be able to play a
> guitar. I've been playing since I was 14 or 15 and that was a loooooooong
> time ago. You can hear where you are on the strings and you can feel the
> frets when your fingers are on the strings. But I mostly go by ear. 
> Thanks
> Lauren
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelsey
> Nicolay via musictlk
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 8:06 PM
> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [musictlk] can a blind person play guitar
> 
> Hello,
> I've been considering learning guitar for quite a while.  I have 
> a good ear and have solid skills on the piano, so that shouldn't 
> be an issue.  However, I tried taking a guitar class at college 
> and the one thing I really struggled with was locating the frets 
> on each string.  For example, playing a chromatic scale on guitar 
> was really hard for me since I found it difficult to move from 
> string to string and locate the frets.  This is why I'm 
> hesitating a bit on signing up for lessons.  Is it possible for a 
> blind person to learn to play guitar? If so, any tips on how to 
> make locating the frets easier? I really don't want to put 
> Braille labels on my guitar if I don't have to.
> Thank you,
> Kelsey Nicolay
> 
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