In the past if you wanted to learn a musical instrument you had to not only find someone who could teach the visually impaired but also line-up transportation to and from your lessons. Also, the cost of doing all of this could get expensive! With our beginner courses and subsequent song lessons you can do all of this at home, at your convenience, at a very affordable price.
Each of our “Intro to” courses take the student from the absolute beginner level and teach them the basics of the instrument with detailed all-audio instruction. Demonstration and backing tracks, which the student can play along with, are included throughout the course to keep the learning process fun and challenging.
Once the student completes the “Intro to” course they move onto subsequent courses or start using the “by ear” song lessons under the category for their instrument. These would include song lessons from Guitar by Ear, Piano by Ear, Banjo by Ear, and so on.
Our History
Music for the Blind is a result of the decades-long work of Bill Brown. He started recording music lessons for his private students in the 90’s for them to use at home and then later made these lessons available for sale through the mail and internet. These lessons made learning “by ear” not only easy and inexpensive, but also available to anyone who could play a tape, CD or mp3.
Once the blind community found about these “by ear” lessons they became the majority of the users of these lessons for piano and guitar. It was about this time that Mr. Brown made a series of introductory courses for the guitar and piano that were specifically recorded with the visually-impaired in mind. These courses, “Intro the Guitar for the Visually Impaired,” and “Intro to the Piano for the Visually Impaired” became the bedrock of the Music for the Blind platform that exists today.
Currently there are “Intro to.. ” courses for over a dozen instruments as well as hundreds of “by ear” song lessons for several of these instruments as follow-up lessons. Because of these efforts anyone can learn to play their favorite musical instrument without using music, tab, print, video or BRAILLE!