[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

[Chris Nusbaum]

Very interesting—thanks for sharing. I love Green Sleeves, both the original folk song and the Christmas carol written to its tune. Though I've never played it on guitar, I've sung both versions on many occasions. Good piece of classical music!

Chris Nusbaum

> On Dec 21, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Brunhilde Merk-Adam via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> The song dates back to Tudor times (was arguably the most famous English tune of the seventeenth century) and originally refers to Lady Green Sleeves - this term has interesting references of its own.  The song was already used as a Christmas carol in 1686.
> For anyone interested in the history: http://greensleeves-hubs.hubpages.com/hub/FolkSongGreensleeves-Greensleeves
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