[Perform-Talk] Newbie blind guitarist

[Cara Quinn]

Hi Daryl,

First off, congratulations on learning guitar! :) It’s a wonderful instrument!

The easiest way I know of to impart chord fingerings would simply be to use numbers in the order of Finger, Fret and String, as in the following.

1st finger, 1st fret, 3rd string

2nd finger, 2nd fret, 5th string

3rd finger, 2nd fret, 4th string

This would represent an E major chord in the first (open) position. Does this make sense?

Regarding tabs, unfortunately, I don’t have an answer for you. I haven’t kept up with current tablature accessibility. -Apologies.

Hope this note helps at least somewhat. :)

Happy playing!

Cheers!

Cara



> On Feb 23, 2022, at 3:19 PM, Daryl Swinson via Perform-Talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> I am blind and just started learning guitar. I'm about 3 or 4 months
> into it and getting weekly lessons.
> 
> My questions are these:
> * Any tips for my instructor on how to better communicate chord
> fingerings, notes to play on what string in which fret, etc. BTW: This
> is via text on my iPhone.
> * any tips on how to read tab to learn songs? Does JAWS 22 have a way
> to translate tab into speech?
> * any general tips you feel like offering are also appreciated!
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
>       Regards,
> 
>       Daryl Swinson, M.S., M.A.
> 
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