A Lost Culture of Touch and Sound – Blog

I decided to create a blog to explore the various dimensions of the article A Lost Culture of Touch and Sound: The Contribution of Visually Impaired Musicians to the Evolution of the Spanish Guitar, published by Soundboard Scholar. These dimensions range from guitar history and social history to disability studies, music cognition, and organology.

The article does not merely address the history of blind musicians; rather, it investigates the deep roots of music-making on plucked instruments. It offers a new way not only to narrate the history of the guitar, but also to understand the musical practices of figures such as Segovia, Barrios, Tárrega, and Llobet. Most importantly, it can help us develop new perspectives on how we approach music-making today.