[optacon-l] Re: another use. . .
- From: "Sandy Ruconich" <sruconich@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 17:21:32 -0600
I'm sure that's true. I haven't tried, but what you say makes sense. The
chords I'm referring to are in piano and organ music--primarily classical.
Thanks for the tip! I'll try finding guitar chords the next time I see some
popular or jazz music!
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
From: <Gailselfridge@xxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 7:22 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another use. . .
> I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to in reading chords, but I
> find
> it easy to read the chords that are written above the treble staff in
> some music. They are often called guitar chords. I just find the top line
> of
> the staff and move above it a bit and trace along that path. It's the
> opposite of reading the words between the staves. Reading the combination
> of
> notes that make up a chord is a lot slower and just as tedious as picking
> out a
> melody line or a harmony line. I don't bother with that but my ear for
> such is good enough that I don't need to. But then I don't try to play
> exactly
> to score. I play pop and jazz so in that sort of music it isn't
> necessary.
>
> Gail
>
> I've read words to hymns and other music with the Optacon. You can get
> pretty good at jumping from one line of words to another under the
> various
> staves. If you have the lens that magnifies (I've forgotten what it's
> called), you can also tell whether single musical notes are on lines or
> spaces, but it is very slow work. Chords are virtually impossible to
> decipher. If anyone has found work-arounds for faster single-note reading
> or
> a way to read chords, I'd love to know about it!
> Sandy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marie Rudys" <_mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (mailto:mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>>
> To: <_optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:29 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another use. . .
>> Aha!! I guess I surprised you. I love trying new things with the
>> Optacon,
>> even if it does not always work out. I never really tried to read print
>> music; it looks strange, and I have some print books that came with my
>> organ. Some have music and some have just the words to the songs. I
> read
>> my organ's instruction book and was fascinated to learn it was made in
>> Italy. And those pictures were easy to read with them. What a workout
>> that
>> Optacon is going to get when I get it back from Richard Oehm!!!
>>
>> Marie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <_dacoleman@xxxxxxxx (mailto:dacoleman@xxxxxxx) >
>> To: <_optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >
>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:51 AM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another use. . .
>>
>>
>>> Marie, until I got your money message, I'd forgotten what my late wife
>>> once told me: that some people can read bills with the optacon. I
>>> haven't heard anyone mention that in this flood of messages we've been
>>> having lately.
>>> I have the Canadian Note Teller that works about the same as
>>> yours--pretty well, really.
>>>
>>> Regards, Don Coleman
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> In a message dated 5/15/2010 2:01:40 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> sruconich@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> I've read words to hymns and other music with the Optacon. You can get
> pretty good at jumping from one line of words to another under the
> various
>
> staves. If you have the lens that magnifies (I've forgotten what it's
> called), you can also tell whether single musical notes are on lines or
> spaces, but it is very slow work. Chords are virtually impossible to
> decipher. If anyone has found work-arounds for faster single-note reading
> or
> a way to read chords, I'd love to know about it!
>
> Sandy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marie Rudys" <mrudys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:29 AM
> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another use. . .
>
>
>> Aha!! I guess I surprised you. I love trying new things with the
>> Optacon,
>> even if it does not always work out. I never really tried to read print
>> music; it looks strange, and I have some print books that came with my
>> organ. Some have music and some have just the words to the songs. I
> read
>> my organ's instruction book and was fascinated to learn it was made in
>> Italy. And those pictures were easy to read with them. What a workout
>> that
>> Optacon is going to get when I get it back from Richard Oehm!!!
>>
>> Marie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <dacoleman@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:51 AM
>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: another use. . .
>>
>>
>>> Marie, until I got your money message, I'd forgotten what my late wife
>>> once told me: that some people can read bills with the optacon. I
>>> haven't heard anyone mention that in this flood of messages we've been
>>> having lately.
>>> I have the Canadian Note Teller that works about the same as
>>> yours--pretty well, really.
>>>
>>> Regards, Don Coleman
>>>
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