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Accessible guitar chords reference for the blind and visually impaired (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by fachords
Hi, I've just created a simple page for blind and visually impaired guitarists. It contains the basic chords structures represented in plain text, so a visually impaired person can learn about the right fingers position through a screen reader software. This is basically a proof of concept, if the idea works I'm going to expand it with more chords, proper posture description, maybe actual chords sounds. If you know someone that would be interested in using this resource, please forward the link. Thanks.
http://www.fachords.com/blog2015/guitar-chords-visually-impaired-blind/
http://www.fachords.com/blog2015/guitar-chords-visually-impaired-blind/
impablomations 2 points
Wording is a little odd.
You seem to tell the player to mute strings in chords instead of not playing them. e.g. The low E in D^m
Also the fingering in some chords seems off too, like telling the player to strum open A in D^m, when you only play the D G B E strings.
Great idea, but needs a little work on the wording and checking fingering.
You seem to tell the player to mute strings in chords instead of not playing them. e.g. The low E in D^m
Also the fingering in some chords seems off too, like telling the player to strum open A in D^m, when you only play the D G B E strings.
Great idea, but needs a little work on the wording and checking fingering.
fachords [OP] 1 points
Thanks, probably the real reason is that I'm not a native english speaker, I'm from Italy. I've just changed the wording a little bit . About the fingering, I'm going to double check, anyway in the D minor chord the A note is present, as it is the fifth degree of the chord. Thanks a lot for your help
impablomations 2 points
Open D^m as I've always seen/played it is just the D G B E strings. I know A is in the chord, but adding that open A changes the sound a bit. Nothing wrong with having it as a variation of the chord, but standard open D^m is normally just those 4 strings.
Instead of using 'mute' for strings you don't play, you could try explaining the fingering, then telling the player which strings to play.
e.g. for D^m List the fingering 1st, then something like "Strum the D G B E strings. The D string contains the root note" or something like that.
It's a great idea, that just needs a little polish. Keep up the good work :)
Instead of using 'mute' for strings you don't play, you could try explaining the fingering, then telling the player which strings to play.
e.g. for D^m List the fingering 1st, then something like "Strum the D G B E strings. The D string contains the root note" or something like that.
It's a great idea, that just needs a little polish. Keep up the good work :)
fachords [OP] 1 points
thank you :-)
bensteinbuhler 1 points
Hi - just stumbled across this thread looking at how people were doing this. I built a similar tool that uses dropdowns and shows multiple fingerings per chord, as well as scales. I'd also be interested in any feedback you have. Or you can just use it. It was kind of a programming experiment for me.
https://www.awesomeguitarsolo.com/accessible
https://www.awesomeguitarsolo.com/accessible
johnnytai 1 points
This is fantastic! I been wanting to expand on my guitar playing and this is exactly what I need. If you can include samples of what they should sound like, and maybe later on include a page on how you'd use them in a song, that'd be super!
fachords [OP] 1 points
Glad you find it useful!
Nighthawk321 1 points
Pretty cool man. I struggled learning chords by myself for exactly this reason, and there are still a few I don't know. Keep up the work, I forwarded it to my friends already.
fachords [OP] 1 points
thank you for your reply. Actually I have tons of other chords shapes in plain text format ready to be published, but I'd need to know how to organize them. I don't want to overwhelm the user with an infinite list of chords name. If you have any suggestions about that, I'll be happy to implement them.
Nighthawk321 1 points
Hmm, I see what you mean. The page layout was very readable, but I can see how an endless list of chords could be intimidating or grueling. Perhaps you can just have the keys in a dropdown list. So, user selects C, submit/search button, then it pulls up all the chord variations. Believe this can be done with some JavaScript.
fachords [OP] 1 points
The dropdown list is a good idea, thank you
I have also a page dedicated to guitar scales, it's just a test, I think I need to improve its readability, anyway if you'd like to use it, here's the link :
http://www.fachords.com/blind-vision-guitar-scale-generator/
I have also a page dedicated to guitar scales, it's just a test, I think I need to improve its readability, anyway if you'd like to use it, here's the link :
http://www.fachords.com/blind-vision-guitar-scale-generator/
Nighthawk321 1 points
I like it so far, although a couple suggestions. That's a large heading, maybe rewrite it in a different way? That way it prevent screen readers from saying head level 3 every line haha. Also, when it lists the string and frets, maybe to it in a list type fashion? Sorts like this:
Low E: 1. 3
D: open. 2.
etc
That way it would be easily readable, sort of simulate a fret board, and so on. Really appreciate this effort and I'm definitely going to take advantage of this. I only know the minor pentatonic scale because I've never bothered learning the others, but now I have a reason to.
Low E: 1. 3
D: open. 2.
etc
That way it would be easily readable, sort of simulate a fret board, and so on. Really appreciate this effort and I'm definitely going to take advantage of this. I only know the minor pentatonic scale because I've never bothered learning the others, but now I have a reason to.
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