[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Tue Dec 23 17:35:39 UTC 2014

	Can you tell me a little more about how Taling Tuner works? I use a
Boss TU-80 that chirps when the correct note is reached.

Marion

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From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Poppa Bear
via musictlk
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 2:22 AM
To: 'Helga Schreiber'; 'Music Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

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

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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:
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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.
> Brother Timothy Clark
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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" 
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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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