Hershey Felder, Musical Instruments For The Blind

william romsay williamromsay at gmail.com
Tue Jan 22 01:09:32 PST 2008


Hershey Felder, Musical Instruments For The Blind



Blind children can learn to play a musical instrument just as well and often
even better than, sighted children provided the desire and interest is
there. Blind children often have a strong sense of rhythm and musical
sensation since their hearing is more in tuned with the world. Of course the
assumption should not be made that just because they are blind they should
play a musical instrument. However if a child or an adult who is visually
impaired decides that playing a musical instrument is something they would
find beneficial, then by all means, there should be every consideration made
just as you would for a sighted individual. There are instruments which are
better suited for the visually impaired than others. Most string instrume...


More information about the Containers mailing list