How can musical instruments be adapted for people with sight loss?
Musical instruments can be adapted in various ways such as using tactile markers to identify finger placement on the fret board of a guitar or certain keys on a piano. Braille labels can also be used as identifying markers.
Some keyboards have speech output so that notes played, keyboard features (volume control, bass control etc) and other information relevant to the keyboard are read out as you touch them.
Some instruments such as violins and electronic drum pads can be adapted to use vibration to provide the user with feedback on the different parts of the drum pad when they are touched and finger and bow placement on the violin.
Metronomes can be adapted to provide vibration feedback to help you feel the tempo while practising.
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