learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread Dan


  
  
HI all,

  
I am asking this on 2 lists since I have
seen posts about playing musical instruments on both.

  
I am wanting to learn to play guitar,
mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so would definitely have
to learn to play in a tactile manner.

  
How have those on these lists who play
instruments learned to do so?   I have no one near me who knows
how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to do this on
my own.

  
thanks for any help with this.

  

  
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Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread Gerardo Corripio
I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!GeraEnviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de TelcelEl 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan  escribió:

  


  
  
HI all,

  
I am asking this on 2 lists since I have
seen posts about playing musical instruments on both.

  
I am wanting to learn to play guitar,
mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so would definitely have
to learn to play in a tactile manner.

  
How have those on these lists who play
instruments learned to do so?   I have no one near me who knows
how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to do this on
my own.

  
thanks for any help with this.

  

  
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Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.Sent from My totally awesome iPhone!!On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio  wrote:I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!GeraEnviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de TelcelEl 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan  escribió:

  


  
  
HI all,

  
I am asking this on 2 lists since I have
seen posts about playing musical instruments on both.

  
I am wanting to learn to play guitar,
mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so would definitely have
to learn to play in a tactile manner.

  
How have those on these lists who play
instruments learned to do so?   I have no one near me who knows
how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to do this on
my own.

  
thanks for any help with this.

  

  
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RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread CJ & AA MAY
I learnt to play the guitar first when my daughter’s primary school teacher 
offered lunchtime lessons to parents and then I attended evening classes. I 
started with basic guitar chords used in popular and rock songs but then went 
onto classical guitar and only stopped when the others in the class started 
learning to read music and I could no longer keep pace with them.

Alison

 

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I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar 
method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching 
someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was 
sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.

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On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio mailto:gera1...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of 
material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!

Gera

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El 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan mailto:dbeaver...@gmail.com> > escribió:

 

HI all,

 

I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing musical 
instruments on both.

 

I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so 
would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner.

 

How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so?   I have 
no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to 
do this on my own.

 

thanks for any help with this.

 

 

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RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread lange85
Hi all,

This is going to be a rather lengthy post, so don’t say I didn’t warn ya.

I was born in 1954. My parents gave me musical toys to play with as early as 
when I was one-and-a-half years old, and I used to pick out tunes that I heard 
on the radio or on television. One of those musical toys was a little plastic 
guitar which I would tune up to a major chord. I was mystified by those little 
ridges on the neck which I later learned were called frets and that pushing the 
strings down behind those frets would let me go way beyond the chord that I’d 
tuned the guitar to. 

In 1963 I discovered the piano, and when my family would go to visit relatives 
or friends, the first thing I’d do upon entering their houses would see if I 
could find one to bang around on. Once I figured out the note relationships I 
could then try to replicate what I hear on the radio, on TV or in church. My 
folks got me started on piano lessons so in addition to learning a bit of 
Braille music I got an early education  in theory. But by then I got bit by the 
rock ‘n roll bug and was fascinated by the sounds of the electric guitar on 
records by the Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark Five, the Kinks  and the Who. I 
discovered some neighborhood kids who also played and loved rock music and we 
actually put together a little rock band with me on keys. We did our first gig 
at a bar mitzvah party in the spring of 1966 and gigged frequently throughout 
that summer. Dad bought me a combo organ and an amp and that was my rig for a 
number of years. Seems I’ve always had some sort of band to gig with both on 
keyboards and guitar and I’m still doing it at age 70. Anyway, back then in 
1966 the guys would leave their guitars and basses down in my basement where we 
practiced, and I began to explore the guitar by ear and had all sorts of fun 
figuring out how they worked. Playing organ was lots of fun but I knew that 
some day I’d find a way to get my own guitar. In late 1967 two things happened 
for me that strengthened my resolve to get a guitar. I heard WLS out of Chicago 
playing Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love, and I’d never ever heard a guitar sound 
like that. Then, shortly thereafter my local station in Kansas City, WHB, ran 
their Tuesday night segment called Make It Or Break It, in which a brand-new 
single was introduced. If the audience liked it it would go into heavy 
rotation; if not, the DJ would break the single in half and throw it in the 
trash.  On the night in question, the new single was Foxey Lady by Jimi 
Hendrix. . That was a total mindF**k for me and I said to myself, I wanna do 
that. I loved the power of Eric’s and Jimi’s guitar sounds

BTW, Foxey Lady was broken in half and trashed much to my extreme chagrin. 

Fast forward a few months and my sister’s boyfriend’s brother gave me a 1962 
Gibson SG Junior which I still have to this day and I was free to set about 
really learning the instrument. Trouble was, I learned it Jeff Healey-style, 
playing overhand with the guitar lying on my lap. My bandmates gave me grief 
about playing that way and showed me how to properly hold the guitar and proper 
fingering. From then on, I was off and running.  It was much easier to play 
that way and imitate the likes of Eric, Jimi, Johnny Winter, Peter Frampton, 
Leslie West, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, all of whom 
influenced me in one way or another back then. I also picked up an acoustic 
guitar and learned a bit about slide guitar and also fingerpicking, plus 
different tunings used by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, David 
Crosby and others. . That’s been loads of fun and challenging in the bargain.

I guess to sum it all up, my modus operandi has always been to try to figure 
things out by ear and try to replicate what I’ve heard. If you’ve got the ear 
for it, grab your axe, tune into as much music as you can and woodshed, just 
play and play and play. Find some buddies to hang and jam with and go for it. 
It can be a tremendous learning experience and a hell of a lot of fun. 

Tom

   

 

 

 

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MAY
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 2:30 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

I learnt to play the guitar first when my daughter’s primary school teacher 
offered lunchtime lessons to parents and then I attended evening classes. I 
started with basic guitar chords used in popular and rock songs but then went 
onto classical guitar and only stopped when the others in the class started 
learning to read music and I could no longer keep pace with them.

Alison

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Joshua 
Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 10:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar 
method for

Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread Richard Turner
If you do not have the gift that Tom has, Bill Brown's lessons are very good. Richard, USA“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”-- Cedrick Bridgeforth My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ On Jun 3, 2024, at 4:31 PM, lang...@gmail.com wrote:Hi all,This is going to be a rather lengthy post, so don’t say I didn’t warn ya.I was born in 1954. My parents gave me musical toys to play with as early as when I was one-and-a-half years old, and I used to pick out tunes that I heard on the radio or on television. One of those musical toys was a little plastic guitar which I would tune up to a major chord. I was mystified by those little ridges on the neck which I later learned were called frets and that pushing the strings down behind those frets would let me go way beyond the chord that I’d tuned the guitar to. In 1963 I discovered the piano, and when my family would go to visit relatives or friends, the first thing I’d do upon entering their houses would see if I could find one to bang around on. Once I figured out the note relationships I could then try to replicate what I hear on the radio, on TV or in church. My folks got me started on piano lessons so in addition to learning a bit of Braille music I got an early education  in theory. But by then I got bit by the rock ‘n roll bug and was fascinated by the sounds of the electric guitar on records by the Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark Five, the Kinks  and the Who. I discovered some neighborhood kids who also played and loved rock music and we actually put together a little rock band with me on keys. We did our first gig at a bar mitzvah party in the spring of 1966 and gigged frequently throughout that summer. Dad bought me a combo organ and an amp and that was my rig for a number of years. Seems I’ve always had some sort of band to gig with both on keyboards and guitar and I’m still doing it at age 70. Anyway, back then in 1966 the guys would leave their guitars and basses down in my basement where we practiced, and I began to explore the guitar by ear and had all sorts of fun figuring out how they worked. Playing organ was lots of fun but I knew that some day I’d find a way to get my own guitar. In late 1967 two things happened for me that strengthened my resolve to get a guitar. I heard WLS out of Chicago playing Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love, and I’d never ever heard a guitar sound like that. Then, shortly thereafter my local station in Kansas City, WHB, ran their Tuesday night segment called Make It Or Break It, in which a brand-new single was introduced. If the audience liked it it would go into heavy rotation; if not, the DJ would break the single in half and throw it in the trash.  On the night in question, the new single was Foxey Lady by Jimi Hendrix. . That was a total mindF**k for me and I said to myself, I wanna do that. I loved the power of Eric’s and Jimi’s guitar soundsBTW, Foxey Lady was broken in half and trashed much to my extreme chagrin. Fast forward a few months and my sister’s boyfriend’s brother gave me a 1962 Gibson SG Junior which I still have to this day and I was free to set about really learning the instrument. Trouble was, I learned it Jeff Healey-style, playing overhand with the guitar lying on my lap. My bandmates gave me grief about playing that way and showed me how to properly hold the guitar and proper fingering. From then on, I was off and running.  It was much easier to play that way and imitate the likes of Eric, Jimi, Johnny Winter, Peter Frampton, Leslie West, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, all of whom influenced me in one way or another back then. I also picked up an acoustic guitar and learned a bit about slide guitar and also fingerpicking, plus different tunings used by the likes of Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, David Crosby and others. . That’s been loads of fun and challenging in the bargain.I guess to sum it all up, my modus operandi has always been to try to figure things out by ear and try to replicate what I’ve heard. If you’ve got the ear for it, grab your axe, tune into as much music as you can and woodshed, just play and play and play. Find some buddies to hang and jam with and go for it. It can be a tremendous learning experience and a hell of a lot of fun. Tom   From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of CJ & AA MAYSent: Monday, June 3, 2024 2:30 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person I learnt to play the guitar first when my daughter’s primary school teacher offered lunchtime lessons to parents and then I attended evening classes. I started with basic guitar chords used in popular and rock songs but then went onto classical guitar and only stopped when the others in the class started learning to read music and I could no longer keep pace with them.Alison From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On 

RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-06 Thread Richard
Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind  

 

Do you know if this course is still there, possibly with a different title? I’m 
searching on audio files in BARD and not finding any. Finding many Bill Brown 
items, but not this one.

 

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Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar 
method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching 
someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was 
sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.

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On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio mailto:gera1...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of 
material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!

Gera

Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel





El 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan mailto:dbeaver...@gmail.com> > escribió:

 

HI all,

 

I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing musical 
instruments on both.

 

I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so 
would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner.

 

How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so?   I have 
no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to 
do this on my own.

 

thanks for any help with this.

 

 

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RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-06 Thread Richard Turner
I just searched with Bard Express beta, under Music

I found:

Guitar method for the blind

Hoffer, Donald Charles

Annotation:

Introduction to the guitar, with instructions for playing chords and chordal 
accompaniments to folk tunes. Contains instructions for learning jazz, blues, 
and flamenco guitar styles.

Book ID: DBM00697

 

HTH,

Richard, USA

"It's no great honor to be blind, but it's more than a nuisance and less than a 
disaster. Either you're going to fight like hell when your sight fails or 
you're going to stand on the sidelines for the rest of your life." -- Dr. 
Margaret Rockwell Phanstiehl Founder of Audio Description (1932-2009)

 

My web site:  <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 4:55 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind  

 

Do you know if this course is still there, possibly with a different title? I’m 
searching on audio files in BARD and not finding any. Finding many Bill Brown 
items, but not this one.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Joshua Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar 
method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching 
someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was 
sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.

Sent from My totally awesome iPhone!!

 

On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio mailto:gera1...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of 
material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!

Gera

Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel

 

El 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan mailto:dbeaver...@gmail.com> > escribió:

 

HI all,

 

I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing musical 
instruments on both.

 

I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so 
would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner.

 

How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so?   I have 
no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to 
do this on my own.

 

thanks for any help with this.

 

 

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Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-06 Thread Joshua Hendrickson
I’m not sure where it is in the music collection , but i’m sure the Don h course is still on bard. I’d email nlsdownl...@loc.gov or call my talking book library for help. I don’t care much for Bill Brown’s stuff. Good luck.Sent from My totally awesome iPhone!!On Jun 6, 2024, at 6:55 PM, Richard  wrote:Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind   Do you know if this course is still there, possibly with a different title? I’m searching on audio files in BARD and not finding any. Finding many Bill Brown items, but not this one. From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Joshua HendricksonSent: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:07 PMTo: viphone@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.Sent from My totally awesome iPhone!!On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!GeraEnviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de TelcelEl 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan <dbeaver...@gmail.com> escribió: HI all, I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing musical instruments on both. I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner. How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so?   I have no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to do this on my own. thanks for any help with this.  -- Dan Beaver (KA4DAN) USA-- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/66b9ba97-7e92-4899-9a1b-d0d3b7d8b878%40gmail.com.-- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/A425E1CC-D545-4F89-963F-BD8EBD31219C%40gmail.com.-- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at:http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/--- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/B45965A7-1AE9-4246-AF43-F5ED8970AAAF%40gmail.com.



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Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-07 Thread Robert Doc Wright
http://www.wrighthere.net/GuitarMethodForTheBlind-DonaldHoffer.zip
  - Original Message - 
  From: Richard
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 5:55 PM
  Subject: RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a 
blind person


  Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind



  Do you know if this course is still there, possibly with a different 
title? I’m searching on audio files in BARD and not finding any. Finding 
many Bill Brown items, but not this one.



  From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
Joshua Hendrickson
  Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:07 PM
  To: viphone@googlegroups.com
  Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a 
blind person



  I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar 
method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching 
someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was 
sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.

  Sent from My totally awesome iPhone!!





On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio  wrote:

I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of 
material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!

Gera

Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel





  El 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan  escribió:

  

  HI all,



  I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing 
musical instruments on both.



  I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight 
at all so would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner.



  How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so? 
I have no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may 
have to do this on my own.



  thanks for any help with this.





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RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-08 Thread Richard Turner
Chela,

I was so impressed with this resource, I added it to my web site.

I put their home page text with the links to all their instruments.  It looks 
like this:

Accessible Chords and Scales

Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo and Ukulele Chords and scales for the blind and 
visually impaired

Hundreds of chords and scales for the guitar, mandolin and ukulele in an 
accessible, screen-reader-friendly format. Choose from chords or scales below

and follow the instructions on the following pages.

Accessible Guitar Scales

Accessible Guitar Cords

Accessible Mandolin Cords

Accessible Ukulele Chords

Accessible Banjo Chords

 

The title: “Accessible Chords and Scales

“ is at heading level 2 and each instrument has its own link, but the active 
links didn’t copy into this email….

 

I put it just below the braille music info on my site, which you also had 
provided.

Later,

 

Richard, USA

"It's no great honor to be blind, but it's more than a nuisance and less than a 
disaster. Either you're going to fight like hell when your sight fails or 
you're going to stand on the sidelines for the rest of your life." -- Dr. 
Margaret Rockwell Phanstiehl Founder of Audio Description (1932-2009)

 

My web site:  <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Friday, June 7, 2024 9:14 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

That is a great resource! I've played guitar for a long time but never found a 
resource to learn many of the more obscure cords and their different positions. 

Thank you very much. 

 

Richard, USA

“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”

-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

 

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/

 









On Jun 7, 2024, at 4:49 PM, Chela Robles  wrote:

Hey y’all, I just stumbled across this. It sounds really interesting. All I 
did was look for guitar for the blind and I came across something really cool 
that works with screen readers it’s accessible and what it does is you 
basically search the drop-down menu for what you want and you submit it whether 
it’s major or minor or whatever, and you hit the submit button jaws or NVDA 
will tell you how to form the cord. It’s really neat.

Check it out.  

https://www.standardguitar.com/accessible-guitar-chords

 

Sent from my iPhone





On Jun 7, 2024, at 3:19 AM, Robert Doc Wright mailto:yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com> > wrote:

 

http://www.wrighthere.net/GuitarMethodForTheBlind-DonaldHoffer.zip

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From: Richard <mailto:richard.pe...@earthlink.net>  

To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  

Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 5:55 PM

Subject: RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind  

 

Do you know if this course is still there, possibly with a different title? I’m 
searching on audio files in BARD and not finding any. Finding many Bill Brown 
items, but not this one.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Joshua Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar 
method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching 
someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was 
sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.

Sent from My totally awesome iPhone!!






On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio mailto:gera1...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of 
material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!

Gera

Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel






El 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan mailto:dbeaver...@gmail.com> > escribió:

 

HI all,

 

I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing musical 
instruments on both.

 

I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so 
would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner.

 

How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so?   I have 
no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to 
do this on my own.

 

thanks for any help with this.

 

 

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RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-08 Thread Carolyn Arnold
My granddaughter learned to play her flute with the help of her iPhone. She 
became very disabled, when she was 12, and on the day they got home from the 
hospital, the flute arrived that was for her to play in the school band. Since 
she had to be home schooled that year, she used her iPhone and learned from the 
Internet how to play it. When we visited we wanted to hear something, probably 
a Christmas carol. She got her trusty phone, found it on the net, and she 
played it. 

She is sighted, so would get sheet music on the screen. I am thinking that she 
got instructions how to play it from lessons on the phone, kind of like how I 
learned how to use a curling iron by looking up information on the Net about 
it. Only, of course, a flute is way more complicated than a curling iron. 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 8:24 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

If you do not have the gift that Tom has, Bill Brown's lessons are very good. 



Richard, USA

“Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God stores it 
on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to get it.”

-- Cedrick Bridgeforth

 

My web site: https://www.turner42.com/

 



On Jun 3, 2024, at 4:31 PM, lang...@gmail.com wrote:





Hi all,

This is going to be a rather lengthy post, so don’t say I didn’t warn 
ya.

I was born in 1954. My parents gave me musical toys to play with as 
early as when I was one-and-a-half years old, and I used to pick out tunes that 
I heard on the radio or on television. One of those musical toys was a little 
plastic guitar which I would tune up to a major chord. I was mystified by those 
little ridges on the neck which I later learned were called frets and that 
pushing the strings down behind those frets would let me go way beyond the 
chord that I’d tuned the guitar to. 

In 1963 I discovered the piano, and when my family would go to visit 
relatives or friends, the first thing I’d do upon entering their houses would 
see if I could find one to bang around on. Once I figured out the note 
relationships I could then try to replicate what I hear on the radio, on TV or 
in church. My folks got me started on piano lessons so in addition to learning 
a bit of Braille music I got an early education  in theory. But by then I got 
bit by the rock ‘n roll bug and was fascinated by the sounds of the electric 
guitar on records by the Beatles, Stones, Dave Clark Five, the Kinks  and the 
Who. I discovered some neighborhood kids who also played and loved rock music 
and we actually put together a little rock band with me on keys. We did our 
first gig at a bar mitzvah party in the spring of 1966 and gigged frequently 
throughout that summer. Dad bought me a combo organ and an amp and that was my 
rig for a number of years. Seems I’ve always had some sort of band to gig with 
both on keyboards and guitar and I’m still doing it at age 70. Anyway, back 
then in 1966 the guys would leave their guitars and basses down in my basement 
where we practiced, and I began to explore the guitar by ear and had all sorts 
of fun figuring out how they worked. Playing organ was lots of fun but I knew 
that some day I’d find a way to get my own guitar. In late 1967 two things 
happened for me that strengthened my resolve to get a guitar. I heard WLS out 
of Chicago playing Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love, and I’d never ever heard a 
guitar sound like that. Then, shortly thereafter my local station in Kansas 
City, WHB, ran their Tuesday night segment called Make It Or Break It, in which 
a brand-new single was introduced. If the audience liked it it would go into 
heavy rotation; if not, the DJ would break the single in half and throw it in 
the trash.  On the night in question, the new single was Foxey Lady by Jimi 
Hendrix. . That was a total mindF**k for me and I said to myself, I wanna do 
that. I loved the power of Eric’s and Jimi’s guitar sounds

BTW, Foxey Lady was broken in half and trashed much to my extreme 
chagrin. 

Fast forward a few months and my sister’s boyfriend’s brother gave me a 
1962 Gibson SG Junior which I still have to this day and I was free to set 
about really learning the instrument. Trouble was, I learned it Jeff 
Healey-style, playing overhand with the guitar lying on my lap. My bandmates 
gave me grief about playing that way and showed me how to properly hold the 
guitar and proper fingering. From then on, I was off and running.  It was much 
easier to play that way and imitate the likes of Eric, Jimi, Johnny Winter, 
Peter Frampton, Leslie West, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, all 
of whom influenced me in one way or another back then. I also picked up an 
acoustic guita

RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-15 Thread Richard
That’s great. It’s odd you can find it on the app but my searches from the web 
just don’t yield anything. I’ll use the app and  browse by category. Thanks!

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Richard 
Turner
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 7:03 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

I just searched with Bard Express beta, under Music

I found:

Guitar method for the blind

Hoffer, Donald Charles

Annotation:

Introduction to the guitar, with instructions for playing chords and chordal 
accompaniments to folk tunes. Contains instructions for learning jazz, blues, 
and flamenco guitar styles.

Book ID: DBM00697

 

HTH,

Richard, USA

"It's no great honor to be blind, but it's more than a nuisance and less than a 
disaster. Either you're going to fight like hell when your sight fails or 
you're going to stand on the sidelines for the rest of your life." -- Dr. 
Margaret Rockwell Phanstiehl Founder of Audio Description (1932-2009)

 

My web site:  <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Richard
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 4:55 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: RE: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

Don Hoffer’s Guitar method for the blind  

 

Do you know if this course is still there, possibly with a different title? I’m 
searching on audio files in BARD and not finding any. Finding many Bill Brown 
items, but not this one.

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
Joshua Hendrickson
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2024 4:07 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
Subject: Re: learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind 
person

 

I began learning guitar from a course from NLS called Don Hoffer’s Guitar 
method for the blind. Also a sighted person should have no trouble teaching 
someone who is blind the guitar. I took guitar lessons from someone who was 
sighted and had no problems. I also learned a lot by ear.

Sent from My totally awesome iPhone!!

 

On Jun 3, 2024, at 3:09 PM, Gerardo Corripio mailto:gera1...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I imagine you're with the NLS BARD service? Because there's a bunch of 
material by Bill Brown. Hope this helps some!

Gera

Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel

 

El 3 jun 2024, a la(s) 2:08 p.m., Dan mailto:dbeaver...@gmail.com> > escribió:

 

HI all,

 

I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing musical 
instruments on both.

 

I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so 
would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner.

 

How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so?   I have 
no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to 
do this on my own.

 

thanks for any help with this.

 

 

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Re: [blind-hams] learning to play guitar and other stringed instruments as a blind person

2024-06-03 Thread Mich Verrier
Categoriesmusicvi.comSent from my iPhoneOn Jun 3, 2024, at 4:08 PM, Dan Beaver  wrote:HI all,I am asking this on 2 lists since I have seen posts about playing musical instruments on both.I am wanting to learn to play guitar, mandolin, etc.  I have no sight at all so would definitely have to learn to play in a tactile manner.How have those on these lists who play instruments learned to do so?   I have no one near me who knows how to teach a blind person to play so I may have to do this on my own.thanks for any help with this.-- Dan Beaver (KA4DAN) USA-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.View/Reply Online (#69725): https://blind-hams.groups.io/g/main/message/69725Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106469724/903-=-=-Post: blind-h...@groups.ioSubscribe: blind-hams+subscr...@groups.ioUnsubscribe: blind-hams+unsubscr...@groups.ioGroup Owner: blind-hams+ow...@groups.ioHelp: blind-hams+h...@groups.io-=-=-Group Owner: main+ow...@blind-hams.groups.ioUnsubscribe: https://blind-hams.groups.io/g/main/unsub [mi...@eastlink.ca]-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-



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