This is democratic Because for music, one does not choose the person according to his/her natural conditions and is supportive because everyone needs each other. This is the basis of the methodology with which musicologist and researcher Carlos Blanco Fadol works. blind people can perform music. He did this last weekend with a group of people at the Canelobre Caves in Busot. 24 blind and 12 guides so that they can interpret together Hymn to happiness.
For this reason, every blind person has a angklungAn instrument from Southeast Asia, adapted by Blanco a type of hand marimba then it shakes follows the guide’s instructions and tightens his shoulders this is marked on a poster. “In this way, visually impaired people can play any tune in record time, always with excellent results, thus encouraging their personal satisfaction,” says the musicologist, who has seen many performers “get excited in the middle of a performance.” Additionally, this instrument offers: a single note in octavebut to create the melodies “the participation of other notes possessed by his friends is also necessary.”
echolocation
The first concert of this kind was held at the same venue in 2019. perfecting the technique and adding new content I am hopeful because there was echolocation experience beforehand. Scientists found evidence of this Mole mouse from Vietnam can avoid obstacles in pitch black. It was discovered that the sounds they emit are similar to the sounds bats use when using echolocation. In this way, thanks to the echo of ultrasound sounds they emit, which act as radar and cannot be perceived by the human ear, can create a mental map of their environment and move fluidlywithout stumbling and with the perfect ability to catch insects as small as mosquitoes.
All these studies led Blanco Fadol to conduct experiments in the Canelobre Caves. two Asian gongs and a Caribbean shell, Arranged at different heights in the cave, acting as trumpets. They served as echolocators by playing them alternately. We try to give visually impaired participants an approximate idea of the size of the cave through echo.
«These experiences led me to different hypotheses and questions: Is there a possibility to create a technology where echolocation affects the ear for the visually impaired? Is it possible for a blind person to direct vision-related brain regions and project the surrounding environment into their mind, as in the blind dormouse or bat in Vietnam? I leave this suggestion to scientists and engineers to investigate.
This experiment in which the president participated ELEVEN Enrique Llin from the Valencian Community, He is accompanied by regional delegates from Alicante and Valencia, as well as the mayor of Busot. Alejandro MorantIt aims to create a music school for the visually impaired with its “music workshops” dimension.shaping tools using tools specially adapted for the blind» and with it Creation of the Hear and Play with Other Eyes orchestra for the visually impaired. This school currently operates in Mexico and is under development in Peru, Uruguay and Romania.