[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Helga Schreiber helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 21 07:02:04 UTC 2014


Hi All! I just wanted to ask you, what  do you guys suggest me to do again in order to learn how to play the chords of the song Greensleeves? Just wondering! Just to let you know, I have a NLS Bard account. In fact, I also would like to learn how to tune my guitar by myself! I'm embarrase to admitted guys! And also, just to let you know, I never learn how to play the guitar by ear, os that is why I need to depend of someone to read me  the notes and the chords of the guitar and then I put it in Braille! Is it hard to play the guitar by ear? I would like to learn how to do that! Hope to hear form you soon. Thanks so much and have a  nice day. God bless! 



P.S. I apologize for asking you all these questions! Thanks again!

Helga Schreiber

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> On Dec 21, 2014, at 1:14 AM, brother Timothy Clark via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> wow. me personally, i find those methods of remembering frets to be quite trivial and mundane at best. 
> i simply remember where they are. instinctively.
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>> On Kislev 29, 5775 AM, at 1:12, Ken Downey via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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>
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>> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:06 PM
>> 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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