[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

[Ken Downey]

One technique that you'll find amazing is, get some lock dots. Put them on 
the bottom of the neck, lined up with the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth 
frets. That way, you can locate any fret so fast it'll amaze you. Need the 
ninth fret? Just count to the third dot. Need the fourth? Go to the first 
dot, then up one. I learned this recently while visiting the academy for the 
blind in L.A. I don't currently have a guitar, but as soon as I get my old 
electric from out of storage, you can bet that the first thing I do after 
restringing it is to put on those dots!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelsey Nicolay via musictlk" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:06 PM
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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