[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Sat Dec 20 14:15:35 UTC 2014

If you have access to NLS, Bill Brown has a tutorial on Greensleeves.  It is 
a fingerstyle arrangement with most chords in the first position. but after 
knowing the chord progression you can play it in any format you wish.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Helga Schreiber via musictlk
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:43 AM
To: brother Timothy Clark ; Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Hi All! How are you all? Kelsy! Yes, as blind people we can play the guitar! 
I know how to play the guitar notes, but I'm actually struggling with the 
Chords, but once you have practice and work with them, they are not so 
difficult to handle! Actually, my College music professor was teaching me 
how to play the guitar in my college, but i hav not a chance to see him 
since last year due to the fact I was very busy with college classes, but 
i'm thinking in going to see him next semester so that he can teach me how 
to play the song Greensleeves with the chords! In fact, I have a question 
for you all. Can some of you teach me how to play the song Greensleeves with 
the chords before I return to see my Music Profesor next semester? He 
actually started to teach me last year how to play the song iwith the 
chords, but I actually forgot how to do it! I'm emberrase to admitted! I 
don't want to disappoint him! since I'm his first  blind student! guys! And 
I only know how to play the notes of the song. I will really appreciate it a 
lot if you could help me with this! Hope to hear form you soon. Thanks so 
much and God bless!

Helga Schreiber

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> On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:59 AM, brother Timothy Clark via musictlk 
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> 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.
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>> On Kislev 28, 5775 AM, at 0:57, Lauren Merryfield via musictlk 
>> <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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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