[MusicTlk] Guitar players… Is there a looper that works well for blind people?

Tue Dec 7 07:57:51 UTC 2021

Hi Mike:
So nice of you to take the time to emailing me with  so many different
options.
I'm only a beginner ukulele player, but I love to play and sing...it sure
helps me forget about all my health issues.
I still have some sight...but I do find it very hard to read my music
sheets...if the print is much larger I can get by.
Thank you sooo very much for all your suggestions...they are very much
appreciated.
I will print your email out and read it over and over again...all so very
helpful.
Thanks a million.
Regards,
Carol
North Vancouver, B.C.
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On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 10:09 AM Mike Jolls via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Just to make sure this gets to the right person, this is to Carol McDowall
>
> I’m a visually impaired pianist/guitarist.  I use an iPad Pro 12.9 inch
> with the ForScore PDF music app.  The sheet music is loaded onto the iPad
> in a PDF file and displayed on the large 12.9 inch screen at almost the
> same size as a regular sheet music page.  The iPad offers a Zoom
> accessibility feature, but I don’t use that feature when  playing music.
> With the iPad and no Zoom, I look at the music through a bioptic telescope
> to further magnify the music enough to see and read it.  Without the
> bioptic and no Zoom, I would be able to tell there was music on the page,
> but the music would simply be too small.  I wouldn’t be able to read it.
> Therefore I look through the bioptic and it magnifies sufficiently so that
> I can read about a measure to a measure and a half at a time.  This
> solution works with my vision which is about 20/200.
>
> In your email, you didn’t say whether you’re blind or low vision.  Would I
> be correct in assuming you have some vision, but that given your vision,
> the chords are just too small to read?  Of course if you’ve become totally
> blind, I don’t know if an iPad Pad would do much for you, but then I don’t
> know everything.  Our blind listers can probably help suggest solutions.
> But if you do have some sight and the music is just too small, then an iPad
> might help.  Here are some ways I can think of …
>
> Use my solution.  Get a bioptic telescope mounted in a pair of glasses.
> You wear the glasses and look through the scope and you’re “hands free”.
> Then you use the iPad to display the music.  The bioptic magnifies the
> music so it’s larger in your telescopic view.  The last glasses I bought
> (with one bioptic telescope for my better eye) was about $1200.  As I said,
> with the telescope I can see about a measure to a measure and a half at a
> time, and that’s seeing trebble and bass clefs for piano.  Since you play
> uke, you’d only need one staff and that would be better.
>
> Another solution would be to get a Jordy.  It’s a head worn hands free
> CCTV.  You could display the music on the iPad, then look through the Jordy
> at the music.  The Jordy would magnify the page.  One benefit over the
> bioptic is that you can vary the magnification with the Jordy, so you could
> dial in the magnification level that works best for you.  Considering how
> magnification works, you might once again only be able to view about a
> measure or two at a time.  I tried looking up the price, but didn’t find
> it.  Wouldn’t surprise me if it ran around $2000.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> One thing I didn’t mention about the iPad is that (and I’m assuming you
> could use it to display sheet music in a PDF file) you can get an AirTurn
> device which will turn the pages for you.  It’s a foot controlled device
> that connects to the iPad.  When you get to the end of the page, you hit a
> button on the device with your foot and it causes the page to turn on the
> iPad.  I just got mine and it’s really slick.  Basically you’re hands free,
> a great benefit as a guitar player.
>
> Well that’s about as much as I can offer.  Let me know if what I’ve said
> helps or if you have questions.
>
> Mike Jolls
>
>
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>
> From: Carol McDowall via MusicTlk<mailto:musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 3:12 PM
> To: Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians<mailto:musictlk at nfbnet.org
> >
> Cc: Carol McDowall<mailto:caradon at telus.net>
> Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Guitar players… Is there a looper that works well
> for blind people?
>
> Hi:   I've just lost my vision...I'm a ukulele player and now can
>
> no longer see the music chords.  I play mostly outdoors.
> Can you tell me do you think an ipad would help me?
> Any bit of info would be helpful.
> Regards,
> Carol
> North Vancovuer, B.C.
> 1-604-986-8481
> [image: IMG_9827.JPG]
> [image: sept. 25, 2020 b ukulele heaven..jpg]
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 12:13 PM Tim Reid via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I have got the Fender GTX 50 amp, I then purchased their foot-pedal.
> >
> > There are 7 buttons on the pedal and to enter dub mode you actually have
> > to depress that foot switch, this makes it pretty easy for me.
> >
> > I know you said acoustic guitar and the amp is more less a modeling amp
> > of sorts but I am guessing you could just bypass all the stuff in the
> amp.
> >
> > Another thing I like about the pedal is if you record a track for the
> > rhythm, you can then choose another sound to layer over top of it, I
> > have had 5 different sounds thus far.
> >
> > Not sure if this is what your looking for or not but it is worth a look.
> >
> > On 12/4/2021 1:59 PM, peter acosta via MusicTlk wrote:
> > > Hi …I have had several loopers .
> > > Some very sophisticated ,
> > > And some very basic.
> > > They all are similarr in that they have a setting to lay an initial
> loop
> > …
> > > And subsequent overdubs on top of the first loop.
> > > I have yet to find a looper whichh is easy to operate since not being
> > able to see if the looper is in overdub mode or otherwise it makes using
> a
> > looper quite challenging.
> > > I have used the PIGTRONICS infinity looper, ditto, Ddigitech,Boss.
> > > The things that are possible using a looper effectively are simply
> > astounding!
> > > After seeing several highly  accomplished acoustic guitarists at the
> > international guitar show…
> > > TWICE…
> > > I have witnessed what is possible.
> > > Any suggestions will be appreciated.
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Peter acosta
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