[musictlk] Memorizing Songs, or Some Alternative?

[David Andrews]

This is call Parroting, and a number of blind persons have used it 
over the years to give speeches, do radio or TV commercials, read 
stuff for audio magazines etc.  You older folks may remember Dialogue 
Magazine, and T.T. Kimbrough in the 80's, he read the whole magazine 
that way, and it was professional announcer quality work.  With 
experimentation you might be able to use it for singing.

Dave

At 05:04 PM 4/23/2017, you wrote:
>Hi! I know of a blind man who does this particular technique when 
>giving a long speech. His real skills are not fast because he lost 
>his site later in life. So this is what he does. He records what he 
>needs to say on the Victor Stream. And then he plays it at a slower 
>speed. So he is able to hear his next line before he speaks. I 
>wonder with some practice if that might work for your wife! Good 
>luck to her and please let us know what happens!
>
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>
> > On Apr 21, 2017, at 7:53 PM, Brandon Olivares via MusicTlk 
> <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My wife got a job for a local Catholic church. She has to both 
> play the piano and sing. But, it's a lot to memorize every week. 
> She's fine with the piano part since she just does the basic chords 
> and improvises, but the lyrics are hard for her to memorize each 
> week, and stressful as well.
> >
> > Any recommendations for what she might be able to do that would 
> make this easier, or some alternative? She has a braille note, but 
> her hands are busy playing the piano so not much time to flip to the next line.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Brandon