[musictlk] Tuning Guitar (and mountain dulcimer) was Re: can a blind person play guitar

Tue Dec 23 20:13:33 UTC 2014

I use Talking Tuner on Iphone.

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From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brenda via
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Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 10:26 AM
To: Marion Gwizdala; Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: [musictlk] Tuning Guitar (and mountain dulcimer) was Re: can a
blind person play guitar

Is the Boss 280 easy to get?  As in at a typical music store or Amazon?  
cost?

Also, are there any accessible apps (that work with voiceover) that chirp
when you reach the correct note?

thanks for any input
brenda

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." ~
Albert Schweitzer

On 12/23/2014 12:35 PM, Marion Gwizdala via musictlk wrote:
> 	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
>
> -----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
>>
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>>> 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"
>>> <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
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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