packfan88c
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Hey DW,
Possibly a strange question but I'm hoping someone can provide some answers/ideas to my problem! My mother has a good friend who is now completely blind, which is very sad since she's a pretty amazing person and very smart. Much to my surprise (and excitement!) is that she's taken up drumming as her new hobby! Now, I won't lie and say that I'm not a little surprised but of course I do play drums with my eyes closed occasionally and understand that it can be quite natural. My family friend has an e-kit that she practices on, not sure if she's taking lesson but it made me realize a bigger problem: how could she read drum books?
My thought started because my family is going to try to meet up with her in a few weeks and I wanted to get her a gift related to drumming. Google has given me no leads as to if there are drum books for the visually impaired. Are there any Braille drum books? If not, what would be the best way for me to give her something from a book (I was thinking Stick Control, even just page 1) that would help her in practice? While I'm sure she has no problem listening to grooves and going from there, rudiments could be difficult without some other basis other than listening.
Like I said, I'm open to any and all ideas for this unique problem and I hope I can come up with something that will help her become a better drummer!
Thanks!
Possibly a strange question but I'm hoping someone can provide some answers/ideas to my problem! My mother has a good friend who is now completely blind, which is very sad since she's a pretty amazing person and very smart. Much to my surprise (and excitement!) is that she's taken up drumming as her new hobby! Now, I won't lie and say that I'm not a little surprised but of course I do play drums with my eyes closed occasionally and understand that it can be quite natural. My family friend has an e-kit that she practices on, not sure if she's taking lesson but it made me realize a bigger problem: how could she read drum books?
My thought started because my family is going to try to meet up with her in a few weeks and I wanted to get her a gift related to drumming. Google has given me no leads as to if there are drum books for the visually impaired. Are there any Braille drum books? If not, what would be the best way for me to give her something from a book (I was thinking Stick Control, even just page 1) that would help her in practice? While I'm sure she has no problem listening to grooves and going from there, rudiments could be difficult without some other basis other than listening.
Like I said, I'm open to any and all ideas for this unique problem and I hope I can come up with something that will help her become a better drummer!
Thanks!