[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Jordan Gallacher jordanandseptember at gmail.com
Sat Dec 20 21:03:51 UTC 2014


I go by ear for sure.  I have almost no feeling left in my fingers thanks to
Lymes Disease, and well, for that matter come to think of it 4 out of the 6
instruments I know how to play it is all done by ear.
Jordan

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From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren
Merryfield via musictlk
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 11:58 PM
To: 'Kelsey Nicolay'; 'Music Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

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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