[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

[Michael]

Playing guitar by ear requires training the ear to discern chord structures, 
various chord voicings, chord inversions, and the like.  Start with easy 
chord progressions, and master the ability to listen and hear subtle chord 
differences.  This takes time and practice, but eventually you will 
recognize major, minor, seventh, diminished, and other chord sounds at a 
glance.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Helga Schreiber via musictlk
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 1:02 AM
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 
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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>
>> To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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