superblink
1 post
Oct 02, 2008
11:21 PM
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I recently coresponded with adam asking about making his tablature accesable for blind harp players. Given his personal schedule and being a one person operation I totally understand his not being able to make his tabliture accesable.
what I am looking for is anyone who knows of any visually impaired harp playesr to contact me.
Want to see how they have managed to learn given lack of accesable information.
I would be glad to offer any assistance to someine willing to translate the tablature in to a textual format either on tape with a verbal discription or in a word or text document.
Basically what I am looking for is something like this
for example
draw 2 could be written out however
d2 would work just as well for toung blocking d2-4 would illustrate this just fine.
to illustrate a blow note the B would be used.
4d4 could mean four draw 4 times.
A bended note could be illustrated by a ( sign.
I would be glad to offer any advice to someone willing to assist in translation of the tablature which then could be made available along with Adam's tablature offerings and sold for the same $2 he offers them to the general user.
This type of textual discriptin could then be read by blind golks who are comuter users. they also could printed to braille using a braille printer and a computer..
I've just started playng the harp, and I know that if I had the tablature my learning curve would be greatly reduced.
there are some books available such as the Paul butterfield book which has been put on tape however there is also no taped discription of the tablature except for what he occasionaly interjects in to the taped lessons.
Eventually like most harp players I guess I will be able to pick out the notes, key to play in ETC, however this often comes with practice and time for most folks, visually impaired or not. Unfortunatly not alll of us blind folks are born with an inate musical ability like some folks think we are born with.
No we all don't have the ability to play like stevie or ray.
But I'm willing to work on it!!!.
any advise or assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I live in the Sacramento California area. so if any of you folks that live near by would be interested in hearing from you also.
And for those who don't know blink is kind of a slang or enside term amungst us blind folks for blind. So I go by super blink.
Please excuse any type errors, this messaging format system works wierd with my scren reading program so is hard to navigate, review what I have written, or make corectins.
Next Post I'll do in word and cut and paste in so I can frmat and correct before sending.
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Jaybird
15 posts
Oct 03, 2008
11:52 AM
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superblink..
May I suggest the "Jerry Portnoy Harmonica Master Class" 3 CD Audio set as a fine learning tool for the visually impared. You do not need to even look at the accompanying book to fully absorb all that Portnoy has to teach.
In it, Jerry will provide exercises where he says, "2 draw, 3 blow, etc.". He will teach you all the basic playing techniques and provide much valuable advice.
After you learn the basics, let your ear be your teacher instead of relying on tablature. Get a copy of "The Amazing Slow Downer" program for your computer and listen carefully to and play along with any tune you wish to learn.
Practice alot. You will "get it".
Good Luck!
Jaybird
www.YouTube.com/Jaybird33066
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Carl_Comfort
25 posts
Oct 03, 2008
2:09 PM
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Hi Superblink,
The good thing about Adam's tabs is that the notes are placed in a drawn time frame. So you alway see the notes played relative to the beat.
Do I understand correctly that if you have a text file with symbols etc, you can get a useful representation of that?
If so I think it could work out converting tablature. If I can help you out, I'd like to try some.
Cheers,
Carl
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superblink
2 posts
Oct 04, 2008
7:56 AM
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Thanks so much for your posts in response to my message.
Jay Bird I will take your suggestion and purchase the 3 CD set, and look for the slowdown program. If you can tell me where to find it that would be much appreciated.
Carl thanks so much for your offer.
If you do want to try one or 2 we can talk and I can confer,with you just to see if it works out. Then possibly I can take over and find someone to read the Adam’s tablature after I get familiar with how to explain to someone how to read them.
I also need to do some research on my end and find out how others may have done this type of notation already, what symbols they are using ETC. I don’t want to have to reinvent the wheel. I don’t want to waste your time and gracious offer to assist.
If you want to talk more about this contact me at my email
Carl111@comcast.com.
Skipe address superblink2020.
My name is also Carl!!!.
I have been reading through the topics and posts and this sight is great, The modern blues community is truly a reflection of Adams love for his music and the blues.
It is quite refreshing to see. All the support for each other out there in this community.
Keep on blowing!!!.
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tookatooka
13 posts
Oct 04, 2008
8:28 AM
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Hi Superblink,
Much respect for what you are taking on. I hope it brings you as much pleasure and interest as it has given to me.
Apart from your visual problem you also need to have a darned good memory too. Even without a visual problem I get perplexed at times because I just simply forget what the next note is that I should play, especially when learning a new complicated riff. However it becomes clear after a while of playing it well. It just seems to fall into place.
My Dad became blind about ten years ago through glaucoma and I know how frustrating some tasks can be.
Anyhow, I shall follow your posts and progress on this forum and if I feel I can help in any way, I'll jump in.
Very best regards.
tookatooka aka John.
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Carl_Comfort
27 posts
Oct 04, 2008
11:45 AM
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Hey Carl,
I just wrote you an email but I got it back, you sure its the right adress?
You can contact me at ernst.exe'at'hotmail.com. replace 'at' with @ course.
Last Edited by on Oct 04, 2008 11:54 AM
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cm16600
8 posts
Oct 04, 2008
1:35 PM
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Hi Superblink ,
I saw that David Barret have a" lick a day" email study course, you recieve a lick everyday .You can check on his web site and listen to free samples ,he is actually detailing the lick buy saying 3 blow 2 draw ect ..
here is the link .
http://www.harmonicamasterclass.com/lick-a-day.htm
Hope this will help
chris
Last Edited by on Oct 04, 2008 1:37 PM
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