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

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

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

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

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

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

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. From: viphone@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Joshua

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: 

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

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

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

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