[Menvi-discuss] Guitar

Wed Nov 28 10:42:27 EST 2012

if you are playing acoustic, try to get a nylon string instrument, 
or put nylon strings on a steel string instrument. They too are 
easier on the fingers.

That said, there is always some discomfort at the beginning, which 
should be pushed through.

At 08:12 PM 11/27/2012, you wrote:
>hello
>  if you are able, start out on an electric as that's easier as 
> you don't have to press as hard on the fret board to make a note.
>  it might be noisier but it's easier. oh, and just turn down the 
> amp. don't blast it like i do.
>  lol.
>  anyway, hope this helps.
>Timothy
>  Your friend in the music industry
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>On Nov 27, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Kaiti Shelton wrote:
>
>>Kelsey,
>>
>>What might also help, probably more than anything else, is if you can
>>get the guitar over the Christmas break and play around with it
>>yourself.  You can use google or youtube to look up basic fingerings
>>for chords like G major, C major, D major, E minor, A minor, etc.
>>This way you will not only know a few chords before the class and be
>>ahead of the game, but by teaching yourself these basic chords it 
>>will
>>give you a chance to get comfortable with fingerings.
>>
>>Also, you might be able to find a few helpful videos on youtube about
>>other aspects of playing such as strum patterns.  These should 
>>get you
>>started.  Another good source is Bill Brown's Guitar by Ear for the
>>Visually Impaired.  I believe it might be on ITunes, and he describes
>>all the fingerings he teaches in tactile terms, telling you what to
>>feel for rather than flying through the course with visual 
>>cues.  Hope
>>this helps.
>>
>>On 11/27/12, Jacqui CONN 
>><<mailto:jconn11 at eq.edu.au>jconn11 at eq.edu.au> wrote:
>>>Don't know if you already know but many guitars have small studs 
>>>embedded
>>>into the side of the neck, closest to the low E string, so that 
>>>we sighted
>>>people can readily identify how many frets along we're playing 
>>>or placing a
>>>barre chord. They are usually flush with the wood but I think a 
>>>braille
>>>reader would be able to find them - just for interest sake. Not 
>>>all guitars
>>>have them - I've just checked some of them at my school.
>>>Jacqui
>>>
>>>On 28/11/12, Timothy Clark Music 
>>><<mailto:timothyclarkmusic at me.com>timothyclarkmusic at me.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>correct chris.   i never understood why putting a dot would help.
>>>>actually, it would inhibit your playing and that's never good.
>>>>never, never, never and i repute, never put anything like a 
>>>>stupid old
>>>>dot on any instrument.
>>>>you can feel the instrument whatever it is.
>>>>if it's a steel guitar for example, you can use your slide to 
>>>>go up and
>>>>down the nek but dotting it, no don't do it. learn regularly. 
>>>>do you know
>>>>how sighted people would view you if you walked into a room 
>>>>with dots all
>>>>over your instrument? let's leave it at the fact that they 
>>>>wouldn't view
>>>>you like a normal guitar player. your best bet is to learn 
>>>>normally as
>>>>it's all tactual in the first place.
>>>>sorry if i came across as being harsh but it irritates the tar 
>>>>out of me
>>>>when i hear someone thinking about putting dots over their 
>>>>instruments to
>>>>improve the playing. it's nothing against any of you it just 
>>>>bugs me.
>>>>that's all.
>>>>well, anyway, i hope this helps.
>>>>Timothy   Your friend in the music industry
>>>>
>>>><http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com(http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com/)>http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com(http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com/)
>>>>
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>>>>  On Nov 27, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Chris Smart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Agreed.
>>>>>you can feel the frets as well as hear what happens when you 
>>>>>cross over
>>>>>them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>At 04:00 PM 11/27/2012, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>what i don't understand is why they even need to be placed there.
>>>>>
>>>>>>i'm totally blind and been playing guitar now for 8 or 9 
>>>>>>years and
>>>>>>i've never had anything on my guitar. if your guitar needs 
>>>>>>adapted
>>>>>>because you are blind there's a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Timothy
>>>>>
>>>>>>Your friend in the music industry
>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>7244011224
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Nov 27, 2012, at 1:15 PM, 
>>>>>><<mailto:taeschr at ix.netcom.com>mailto:taeschr at ix.netcom.com
>>>>>><<mailto:taeschr at ix.netcom.com>taeschr at ix.netcom.com>><mailto:taeschr at ix.netcom.com>taeschr at ix.netcom.com 
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A simple solution that seems to work well for blind students of
>>>>>>>guitar, is a small band-aid placed behind the neck - 
>>>>>>>direction with
>>>>>>>the curved radius - and with the pad centered; I would place 
>>>>>>>them
>>>>>>>only at the 5th and 7th fret-positions. They can be removed 
>>>>>>>easily,
>>>>>>>and are hard to miss.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>>
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