[musictlk] Piano chords

[Bill]

Hi, Winona,

Consider 
Jazz & Contemporary Chord Symbol Reading for the Blind Pianist, by Richard
Taesch
www.dancingdots.com/prodesc/jazzchords.htm

Best,
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Winona
Brackett
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 5:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [musictlk] Piano chords

Does anyone know of a book that teaches you how to read chords in Braille?
I'm asking because I will be starting college In the fall as a music
performance major and would like to know how to read chords for theory and
piano. 

Winona 

trumpetqueenwb at gmail.com 

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do.
Attitude determines how well you do it." -Lou Holtz 

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> On Mar 28, 2014, at 4:20 PM, "National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<blind411 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Marissa,
>    An open fifth is the same as a perfect fifth, just another name for 
> it. It consists of the root note and its perfect fifth interval 
> without the minor. And inverted chord is created when you play the 
> fifth as the lowest note followed by the root and the third. So, 
> playing a "C" in  open fifth, you would play the c and the G. If you 
> were to invert the c chord, you would play G-C-E. HTH!
> 
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of josh 
> lester
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:02 PM
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> 
> Hmmm.
> I'm not sure.
> Blessings, Joshua
> 
>> On 3/28/14, Marissa <marissat789 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> People say that it's something different.  Like a a a d is an open 
>> fifth.  f-sharp c-sharp f-sharp.
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: josh lester <jlestermusic at gmail.com
>> To: Music Talk Mailing List <musictlk at nfbnet.org Date sent: Fri, 28 
>> Mar 2014 11:46:26 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Piano chords
>> 
>> An open fifth is when you're playing five notes at the same time, 
>> with one hand.
>> It's difficult, but I do them all the time.
>> Thanks, Joshua
>> 
>> On 3/28/14, Marissa <marissat789 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why do they call an open fifth an open fifth? And an invter  chord? 
>> Is there an easy way to play those?
>> 
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