[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 only known partial cure ( not fully ) is to drink say 5 pints
instead of 6.

Hope this helps

N

-Original Message-
From: Anthony Hind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 16 May 2007 16:23
To: Lute Net
Subject: [LUTE] vertical dyslexia?

Dear All
Recently, I have noticed that I seem to be beginning to suffer
from  
a sort of vertical dyslexia when reading tablature, even on pieces I  
have played before. Suddenly, I become conscious of the fact that the  
notation is the inverse, position-wise, of the actual strings (high  
bottom-string at the top, etc.). At that moment, I feel slightly  
dizzy (slight vertigo) and confused (well perhaps that might be my  
natural state) and I become sort of literal and unable to use it as  
an automatic trigger for note playing. I have to consciously ask  
myself which string is being referred to. This seems to occur just  
after there are successive notations with the same letter, but one on  
a high string and the other on a low string. For a time, I can't seem  
to get back into the automatic reading mode.
Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing?
Regards
Anthony



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[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread laura_maschi
Surely It's not a geographic issue, I live far from you...but it happens the 
same to me, but it is worse if I'm playing baroque guitar...at a moment I 
cannot say what kind of tablature I'm reading...neither do I realize which is 
the upper or lower string in the tab. 
But it usually 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: Miércoles, Mayo 16, 2007 1:09 pm
Asunto: [LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

> 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 only known partial cure ( not fully ) is to drink say 
> 5 pints
> instead of 6.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> N
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 16 May 2007 16:23
> To: Lute Net
> Subject: [LUTE] vertical dyslexia?
> 
> Dear All
>   Recently, I have noticed that I seem to be beginning to suffer
> from  
> a sort of vertical dyslexia when reading tablature, even on pieces 
> I  
> have played before. Suddenly, I become conscious of the fact that 
> the  
> notation is the inverse, position-wise, of the actual strings 
> (high  
> bottom-string at the top, etc.). At that moment, I feel slightly  
> dizzy (slight vertigo) and confused (well perhaps that might be my 
> 
> natural state) and I become sort of literal and unable to use it 
> as  
> an automatic trigger for note playing. I have to consciously ask  
> myself which string is being referred to. This seems to occur just 
> 
> after there are successive notations with the same letter, but one 
> on  
> a high string and the other on a low string. For a time, I can't 
> seem  
> to get back into the automatic reading mode.
> Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing?
> Regards
> Anthony
> 
> 
> 
> To get on or off this list see list information at
> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
> 
> 
> 
> 




[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 mp3.)

i happened to hear an interview once with joanna
lumley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley) in
which she said she'd tried many times to do it but
simply couldn't - even with encouragement from her
conductor husband, stephen barlow
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barlow).

i play better now, aged 60, than i ever did when i was
kid but i still can't read a note.

- bill



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[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Laura,
I think you are right. I had been writing on the computer all  
morning, and then put in a few hours on some lute pieces that I  
hadn't played fro a while.
After sending my message, I put down the lute for an hour, and when I  
began again, the problem had more or less gone. It must be a form of  
computer based brain-overload.
Perhaps, the keyboard set-up has some hidden influence. I had also  
been doing some number-based exercises with no particular  
correspondence to courses.

Now when you mention Malbec, I did wonder whether my blood-alcohol  
level might not have fallen to a dangerous low. I had no Malbec, so I  
swigged some yellow Savagnin, my own cèpage of choice.
Cheers (I think I can safely say here, with out the fear of passing  
for an Esturian),
Anthony


Le 16 mai 07 à 20:37, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :

> Surely It's not a geographic issue, I live far from you...but it  
> happens the same to me, but it is worse if I'm playing baroque  
> guitar...at a moment I cannot say what kind of tablature I'm  
> reading...neither do I realize which is the upper or lower string  
> in the tab.
> But it usually 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: Miércoles, Mayo 16, 2007 1:09 pm
> Asunto: [LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?
>
>> 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 only known partial cure ( not fully ) is to drink say
>> 5 pints
>> instead of 6.
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> N
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: 16 May 2007 16:23
>> To: Lute Net
>> Subject: [LUTE] vertical dyslexia?
>>
>> Dear All
>>  Recently, I have noticed that I seem to be beginning to suffer
>> from
>> a sort of vertical dyslexia when reading tablature, even on pieces
>> I
>> have played before. Suddenly, I become conscious of the fact that
>> the
>> notation is the inverse, position-wise, of the actual strings
>> (high
>> bottom-string at the top, etc.). At that moment, I feel slightly
>> dizzy (slight vertigo) and confused (well perhaps that might be my
>>
>> natural state) and I become sort of literal and unable to use it
>> as
>> an automatic trigger for note playing. I have to consciously ask
>> myself which string is being referred to. This seems to occur just
>>
>> after there are successive notations with the same letter, but one
>> on
>> a high string and the other on a low string. For a time, I can't
>> seem
>> to get back into the automatic reading mode.
>> Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing?
>> Regards
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>
>> To get on or off this list see list information at
>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>





[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 the
problems of old age, creeping up on me. Nevertheless, I know a music  
student of 70 years of age who, like yourself, is still progressing  
on the lute.
That gives me some hope, but I have a long way to go to get to his  
level, but not so long to get to that age.
Regards
Anthony

Le 16 mai 07 à 21:26, bill kilpatrick a écrit :

> 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 mp3.)
>
> i happened to hear an interview once with joanna
> lumley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley) in
> which she said she'd tried many times to do it but
> simply couldn't - even with encouragement from her
> conductor husband, stephen barlow
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barlow).
>
> i play better now, aged 60, than i ever did when i was
> kid but i still can't read a note.
>
> - bill
>
>
>
> http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/
>
>
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[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, in the  
English lute journal. He mentions three different facets of his  
memorizing process, and their various advantages, which includes a  
better knowledge of the music's structure. I imagine that the abilty  
to improvize must pass through an abitlity to "comprehend" (in the  
original sense of that word) a music's structure in that way. Paolo  
Pondolfo,gambist, in his notes to his Improvisando, Glossa, implies  
that relying on muscial notation brings a loss of the interior  
knowledge of the music and with it the abiltiy to constantly recreate  
by improvisation. Without going that far, there may be an element of  
truth in this; at least I can imagine this could make an interesting  
topic for further discussion.
Best regards
Anthony


Le 16 mai 07 à 21:26, bill kilpatrick a écrit :

> 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 mp3.)
>
> i happened to hear an interview once with joanna
> lumley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley) in
> which she said she'd tried many times to do it but
> simply couldn't - even with encouragement from her
> conductor husband, stephen barlow
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barlow).
>
> i play better now, aged 60, than i ever did when i was
> kid but i still can't read a note.
>
> - bill
>
>
>
> http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/
>
>
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[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 can produce.

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[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 charango can produce.

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[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...

The solution is to learn all your music by heart so when you play in
concert you don't look totally confused.

and of course, you can then drink as many pints as you want, as long
as it doesn't impair anything else but your vision

I by the way also have the same problem if I look at my strings,
instead of double strings, I now see 4 stringsso again, not
looking is the best solution. I recently bought a Santoor that I play
in my medieval group, and it has 4 strings per note.fun when you
are trying to hit the damn things with tiny little hammers and
there I'm sorry, but I have to look...

So I guess I will have to bring the Santoor to my next appointment
with my optician, so he can make me glasses that will allow me to see
the instrument properly.

Bruno



On 5/16/07, bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 mp3.)
>
> i happened to hear an interview once with joanna
> lumley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley) in
> which she said she'd tried many times to do it but
> simply couldn't - even with encouragement from her
> conductor husband, stephen barlow
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barlow).
>
> i play better now, aged 60, than i ever did when i was
> kid but i still can't read a note.
>
> - bill
>
>
>
> http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
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[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Guy Smith
As a member in good standing of the presbyopic set, I highly recommend
getting a set of glasses specifically designed for music reading (i.e.,
tuned for 18" or so). I got some about three years ago, and they make
reading music much easier, especially when the damned publisher uses a
microscopic 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 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...

The solution is to learn all your music by heart so when you play in
concert you don't look totally confused.

and of course, you can then drink as many pints as you want, as long
as it doesn't impair anything else but your vision

I by the way also have the same problem if I look at my strings,
instead of double strings, I now see 4 stringsso again, not
looking is the best solution. I recently bought a Santoor that I play
in my medieval group, and it has 4 strings per note.fun when you
are trying to hit the damn things with tiny little hammers and
there I'm sorry, but I have to look...

So I guess I will have to bring the Santoor to my next appointment
with my optician, so he can make me glasses that will allow me to see
the instrument properly.

Bruno



On 5/16/07, bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 mp3.)
>
> i happened to hear an interview once with joanna
> lumley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley) in
> which she said she'd tried many times to do it but
> simply couldn't - even with encouragement from her
> conductor husband, stephen barlow
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barlow).
>
> i play better now, aged 60, than i ever did when i was
> kid but i still can't read a note.
>
> - bill
>
>
>
> http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
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[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Bruno Fournier
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 normal arm extension.
Even though I had told the optician that I found reading music
difficult on a music stand So 200$ ( canadian ) down the tube
and of course those pharmacy glasses aren't any better, cheaper but
not better.

So now my only hope is to go back in there with my music stand and
lute and tell him this where my music sits and this where I sit.
and some of those Scholar editions of Dufay and Landini ( I do a lot
of medieval music) are really hard to read..

cheers

Bruno



On 5/16/07, Guy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a member in good standing of the presbyopic set, I highly recommend
> getting a set of glasses specifically designed for music reading (i.e.,
> tuned for 18" or so). I got some about three years ago, and they make
> reading music much easier, especially when the damned publisher uses a
> microscopic 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 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...
>
> The solution is to learn all your music by heart so when you play in
> concert you don't look totally confused.
>
> and of course, you can then drink as many pints as you want, as long
> as it doesn't impair anything else but your vision
>
> I by the way also have the same problem if I look at my strings,
> instead of double strings, I now see 4 stringsso again, not
> looking is the best solution. I recently bought a Santoor that I play
> in my medieval group, and it has 4 strings per note.fun when you
> are trying to hit the damn things with tiny little hammers and
> there I'm sorry, but I have to look...
>
> So I guess I will have to bring the Santoor to my next appointment
> with my optician, so he can make me glasses that will allow me to see
> the instrument properly.
>
> Bruno
>
>
>
> On 5/16/07, bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 mp3.)
> >
> > i happened to hear an interview once with joanna
> > lumley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley) in
> > which she said she'd tried many times to do it but
> > simply couldn't - even with encouragement from her
> > conductor husband, stephen barlow
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barlow).
> >
> > i play better now, aged 60, than i ever did when i was
> > kid but i still can't read a note.
> >
> > - bill
> >
> >
> >
> > http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
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> from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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>
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> Luthiste, etc
> Estavel
> Ensemble de musique ancienne
> www.estavel.org
>
>
>


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Estavel
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[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Guy Smith
I basically sat at the machine and the ophthalmologist put a chart at
typical music reading distance. He then tweaked the settings on the machine
to maximize my ability to read the chart and that determined the
prescription. I can't read books with them unless I hold them well away from
my face, and they are a little weird for distance, but they are just right
for music (and computer monitors...).

Guy

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Bruno Fournier
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:47 PM
To: Guy Smith
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: 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 normal arm extension.
Even though I had told the optician that I found reading music
difficult on a music stand So 200$ ( canadian ) down the tube
and of course those pharmacy glasses aren't any better, cheaper but
not better.

So now my only hope is to go back in there with my music stand and
lute and tell him this where my music sits and this where I sit.
and some of those Scholar editions of Dufay and Landini ( I do a lot
of medieval music) are really hard to read..

cheers

Bruno



On 5/16/07, Guy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As a member in good standing of the presbyopic set, I highly recommend
> getting a set of glasses specifically designed for music reading (i.e.,
> tuned for 18" or so). I got some about three years ago, and they make
> reading music much easier, especially when the damned publisher uses a
> microscopic 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 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...
>
> The solution is to learn all your music by heart so when you play in
> concert you don't look totally confused.
>
> and of course, you can then drink as many pints as you want, as long
> as it doesn't impair anything else but your vision
>
> I by the way also have the same problem if I look at my strings,
> instead of double strings, I now see 4 stringsso again, not
> looking is the best solution. I recently bought a Santoor that I play
> in my medieval group, and it has 4 strings per note.fun when you
> are trying to hit the damn things with tiny little hammers and
> there I'm sorry, but I have to look...
>
> So I guess I will have to bring the Santoor to my next appointment
> with my optician, so he can make me glasses that will allow me to see
> the instrument properly.
>
> Bruno
>
>
>
> On 5/16/07, bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 mp3.)
> >
> > i happened to hear an interview once with joanna
> > lumley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Lumley) in
> > which she said she'd tried many times to do it but
> > simply couldn't - even with encouragement from her
> > conductor husband, stephen barlow
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barlow).
> >
> > i play better now, aged 60, than i ever did when i was
> > kid but i still can't read a note.
> >
> > - bill
> >
> >
> >
> > http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
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> Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
> Luthiste, etc
> Estavel
> Ensemble de musique ancienne
> www.estavel.org
>
>
>


-- 
Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
Luthiste, etc
Estavel
Ensemble de musique ancienne
www.estavel.org




[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Guy Smith
Actually, I have monovision contact lenses, which are the functional
equivalent of bifocals. They are OK for most purposes but neither eye reads
music that well with that arrangement (one's good for distance, the other
for normal reading and music falls in between). The music glasses are
basically 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 dyslexia?

On Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 16:46 America/Los_Angeles, Bruno 
Fournier wrote:

>  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 normal arm extension.
> Even though I had told the optician that I found reading music
> difficult on a music stand So 200$ ( canadian ) down the tube

You need progressive lenses (the next technological step after 
bifocals) that allow you to focus at any length by looking through 
different parts of the lens.  Mine well for everything except my 17" 
computer screen, for which I use prescription "reading" lenses.



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