[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Sat Dec 20 17:01:39 UTC 2014

Bill Brown actually has an entire library of tutorials, as well as a
beginner course for the Visually Impaired specifically, which is very
good and descriptive.

I guess I'm not understanding what the trouble is with the frets; you
just count from furthest away from you towards you.  Of course
shifting requires you to intuitively know where different frets are if
you're going to get to the new position fast enough to play the chord
cleanly, but that just takes practice and muscle memory.
E to A, A to D, D to G, and B to E all have four frets you would hit
before moving on to the next string if doing a chromatic scale.  G to
B has 3.  If you're having trouble with chromatic though, maybe start
with the pentatonic.  This primarily works on the fourth and third
frets, but it helps in teaching you to move strings.  I was taught to
start with my fourth finger on the high e string, then use my third
finger on all the other strings until you reach the low E.  You can
also practice hammer-ons and pull-offs with this exercise.

On 12/20/14, brother Timothy Clark via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> so basically key signatures?
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> On Kislev 28, 5775 AM, at 10:10, Michael <bonsai1b at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> Greensleeves is an English folk song written in the sixteenth century and
>> later adapted for What Child Is This in the late nineteenth century.  The
>> only difference is that one uses the natural G minor and the other uses
>> the melodic G minor in the song (F versus F sharp).
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>> -----Original Message----- From: brother Timothy Clark via musictlk
>> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 1:34 AM
>> To: Helga Schreiber
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>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] can a blind person play guitar
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>> i'm sure if i knew what the heck green sleeves was and mastered it in my
>> head, i could figure it out. problem is, i'm one of those guitarists who
>> are always experimenting with different tunings. in other words, if i
>> learn it in one tuning, it will be different in another.
>> as it stands, i do a lot of stuff in drop c or drop d or drop f depending
>> on what guitar i'm using.
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>> On Kislev 28, 5775 AM, at 1:43, Helga Schreiber
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>>> 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!
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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
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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
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>>>>> 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
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>>>>> 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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