[musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

[Jordan Gallacher]

I can say 100% yes it is quite doable.  I play 5 instruments, which includes
the guitar which I have been learning for just under a year now, plus sing.
I record all the music I am supposed to work on at my lesson and bring it
home and work on it.  That does remind me that my recorder that I use hit
the floor and has to be located before my next lesson on Monday.
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelsey
Nicolay via musictlk
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:06 PM
To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [musictlk] can a blind person play guitar

Hello,
I've been considering learning guitar for quite a while.  I have a good ear
and have solid skills on the piano, so that shouldn't be an issue.  However,
I tried taking a guitar class at college and the one thing I really
struggled with was locating the frets on each string.  For example, playing
a chromatic scale on guitar was really hard for me since I found it
difficult to move from string to string and locate the frets.  This is why
I'm hesitating a bit on signing up for lessons.  Is it possible for a blind
person to learn to play guitar? If so, any tips on how to make locating the
frets easier? I really don't want to put Braille labels on my guitar if I
don't have to.
Thank you,
Kelsey Nicolay

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