[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Guy Smith
cally a specialized pair of reading glasses that I wear to correct my contacts so both eyes focus well at around 18". Guy -Original Message- From: Howard Posner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:51 PM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: vertical dys

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Guy Smith
bject: Re: [LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia? thx for the tip.Not having ever had a pair of glasses for vision in my life, I went to see an optician and I had a pair of glasses made for my presbyopic condition , 2 years, ago, not realizing after paying a few 100$ that they were made for reading under n

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Bruno Fournier
re well worth the cost. > > Guy > > -Original Message- > From: Bruno Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:59 PM > To: bill kilpatrick > Cc: Lute Net > Subject: [LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia? > > In my case, its called getting old and myo

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Guy Smith
copic typeface. They cost around $100 and were well worth the cost. Guy -Original Message- From: Bruno Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 3:59 PM To: bill kilpatrick Cc: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia? In my case, its called getting old and m

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Bruno Fournier
In my case, its called getting old and myopic.If I dont have the music or tablature at 2 arms length away from me, I see everything double. Problem is that the stupid reading glasses they give you are never made for being able to read from a music stand sitting a few feet away from you and low

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread bill kilpatrick
absolutely - to those who can look at a manuscript and read it effortlessly w/o strum und drum, this inability to read music must seem like someone who is incapable of tieing his own shoe laces ... but i assure you - five wavering lines and wildly wiggly dots have little to do with what me and my

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread bill kilpatrick
absolutely - to those who can look at a manuscript and read it effortlessly w/o strum und drum, this inability to read music must seem like someone who is incapable of tieing his own shoe laces ... but i assure you - five lines and wildly wiggly dots have little to do with what me and my charango

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Bill I envy your memorizing abilities. I have just been thinking what your situation implies. You obviously must have found a way of learning all pieces by heart. I find that extremely difficult, but began trying to do so after reading an article by Matthew Wadsworth on that question,

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Bill I'm sorry about that. My part-time dyslexia does not seem a joke to me. I began to wonder what was happening to me, so I can sympathize. In fact, it may be a mild form, I have, that is only revealed under duress. On the other, hand as someone else suggested, it could be one of t

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
happens late at night after a thousand hours at the > computer, and very dry and red eyes... > My suggested cure is similar to the one already offered...but I'd > prefer a Malbec. > > Laura > > - Mensaje original - > De: Narada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> &

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread bill kilpatrick
you'awl may laugh and joke but i've got dyslexia big time and i simply can not - not WILL not - but CAN not .. read music - in both tabs and notation. i can forge through a melody, note by note but it's a long and painful process. i only really "know" a piece when i hear it. (godbless midi and m

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread laura_maschi
ly happens late at night after a thousand hours at the computer, and very dry and red eyes... My suggested cure is similar to the one already offered...but I'd prefer a Malbec. Laura - Mensaje original - De: Narada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: MiƩrcoles, Mayo 16, 2007 1:09 pm A

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Narada
Mmmm, I've suffered from this very same problem since I was about 17 years of age. It's usually caused by excessive rehydration on a Friday night, and often leads to weakness of the left hand, poor syncopation with the right and a sort of blurred vision, as well as the symptoms you mention, the on