I've made my living playing mainly bass guitar for more than ten years now and I'm not sure that finding the strings ever struck me as a problem. Anyone who's any good should be able to play most stuff with their eyes shut, you really don't have time to look anyway, so I don't think that sight is a big issue here. I had basic acoustic skills when I could see but I never had a problem hitting the strings. I don't think there's any real solution to that other than practice, which is unfortunately the answer to a lot of hard things.

All I'll say is to take the Eddie van Halen approach, which is to specifically do the stuff you find hard. Another good idea is to make yourself do it at one and a half times speed, or double speed if you can, then suddenly doing it at normal speed becomes easy!

I'm totaly blind. I've been playing guitar for over 24 years and teaching guitar since college. I've taught both blind and sighted students.

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I like to start with basic single octave scales, easy "cowboy chords", and basic warm up exercises. After working on some basic theory I'll move on to bar chords and two octave fretted scales and connecting related scales. from there I taylor the lessons to each student taking into account their musical tastes and their goals etc.

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Anyways, on a six string guitar, remember that strings six to four are tuned to fourths. Starting from the thickest string, the one with the lowest pitch. This is the note e assuming you're using standard tuning which from strings six to one is: e, a, d, g, b, and high e. If you play strings six to one, or, one to six, you are covering two octaves without fretting any notes.

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If you play the fifth fret on the e string, that is an A note. You'll notice that this note is the same note as the open fifth string, (one string closer to the floor).

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If you carry this one string up, the fifth fret on the fifth string matches the open d string. If you play the fifth fret on the d string, you'll notice that it's the same note as the open g string. This is why a fretted scale shape is the same whether you play it from the sixth string or from the fifth string.

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Now when you get to the g string, it's a little different because the b string, the next string down if you move towards the floor, is tuned a third above g, not a fourth like we've seen up until now. So, you'll want to play the fourth fret on the g string to get the b note that will match the open b string.

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Finally, once you're on the b string, you'll want to play the fifth fret to get the same note you get when you play the open high e string because once again, the high e string is a fourth above the b string.

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One minor note: Although we're moving closer to the floor, we're not "moving down" because although we are moving closer to the floor, we are going up in pitch so that's why I said up a string instead of down a string.

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Does that help at all?

If it's frets you're missing you could try putting tactile sticks on the neck so you can feel where the frets are with your palm

If it's strings, I always pluck all before I play which has helped, but I also learned before my vision loss

You can stick tape under the strings. Maybe make it in a pattern or use actual braille to number the frets. I recommend against using actual raise bumps for it and just stick to flat tape. You will still be able to feel it and it won’t interfere. I also recommend learning about tabs now and the whole theory with them, I’m legally blind and have been playing many different instruments for 16 years. My chosen is violin but I can do quite a bit. Let me know if y’all got any more questions

I've played for 15 years. Its perfectly possible.

I am also interested in this, Id like to pickup a hobby that doesnt need vision

I’m a string player, though not guitar (disclaimer: I learned prior to any vision difficulties). A big part of learning any instrument is muscle memory, which just takes practice and time to develop. Are you missing the strings with your right hand, or having difficulty getting on the correct frets with your left?

how long you been playing? Do you play every day?

How do you miss strings or can’t find them I am a bit confused. Aren’t they all there they’re pretty countable even I am a bit confused. I struggled musically I am not musical but the physical strings wasn’t the problem.

I have had this question on my mind for a long time, also legally blind here. I've always wanted to learn the guitar. I even have a fender acoustic waiting for me, but a bad experience in my school years learning the flute. I was yelled at for memorising reading music as i couldnt see it from a normal standing distance away. I quit and was yelled at for that too. It was awful!

I'm always amazed at anyone being able to play guitar well, even if they have full vision. And some young people able to play like 10 instruments...