[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Sun Dec 21 07:27:12 UTC 2014

pitch pipe works for getting your guitar tuned properly. i own one and if i want to be in a particular pitch, i’ll tune my thickest string to the bass note on the pipe and tune the rest by ear.
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On Kislev 29, 5775 AM, at 2:21, Poppa Bear via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I use an app on my I phone to tune my guitar called talking tuner, it cost
> about three bucks. On the bard web site you need to go past select book by
> author, title and subject and you will find the music section, click on that
> and then put bill brown into the search bar and you will find dozens of
> lessons and you will want to find, introduction to the guitar for the
> visually impaired and you will be on your way to learning the basics. The
> songs are pretty generic in the lessons, but the fundamentals that you need
> to learn how to play the guitar are all there. Once you have that
> introduction down, you can cut loose on the thousands of guitar lessons for
> every thinkable song on YouTube and start strumming your little heart out. 
> HTH
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Helga
> Schreiber via musictlk
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 10:02 PM
> To: brother Timothy Clark; Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] can a blind person play guitar
> 
> 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:
>> 
>> 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.
>> Brother Timothy Clark
>> feel free to check out the world of KC3CDU at
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.kc3cdu.blogspot.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> please check out my ministries page at
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.timothyclarkministries.blogspot.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Kislev 29, 5775 AM, at 1:12, Ken Downey via musictlk
> <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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" 
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>>> 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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