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L/H piano? Christopher Seed, a virtuoso pianist, had always felt that a R/H piano limited his playing ability and had a L/H piano built for him and did find that using his dominant hand for melody improved his articulation and timing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cowjrSTHKTw If you have found what works well for you, that's fantastic, you are in good company. Mark Knofler is left handed and plays right handed to very good effect. So no. Not everyone needs to play a correctly handed instrument, but some of us do. Last edited by Kerbie; 02-06-2018 at 07:59 PM. Reason: Rule #1 |
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Would you lefties that play right-handed say that you are weakly left handed? Conversely, are the lefties that play left-handed strongly left-handed?
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I read in a guitar magazine that guitar manufacturers build left handed guitars for around 1% only of the guitar playing population. (Those with extreme left handedness who find it impossible to play right handed).
I remember hearing about John McEnroe (the tennis player) who had a substantial collection of high end left handed guitars because just like his tennis, he was unable to play right handed. |
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I play righty - playing lefty doesn't seem correct. Sometimes right with matters, sometimes left - I go with what feels more natural. Golf, irons and drivers right, putter left Rifles and shotguns left, pistols right - and I'm left eye dominant I'd let your students decide |
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I've often wondered why we elect to attack the string with our dominant hand while the non-dominant hand seems to be doing the more intricate job.
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I am a lefty that plays righty, and I have an opinion on this.
We live in a right handed world and so every lefty has to learn sooner or later to be ambidextrous. Whilst I was beaten in school for being left handed, which ruined my beautiful left hand writing style, I feel that it makes for an easier life to learn to play right handed. When I started playing drums then guitar it never occurred to me that I had a choice. Firstly - why not have your dominant hand doing the complicated stuff on the fret board, Secondly , as you develop your playing skills you have to go through a fair amount of guitar purchases to discover what suits your hands and style best. This is much easier seeking out right handed guitars than lefties. As a teacher, you should not "force" anyone to go any way but it might be good to tell them the disadvantages of electing to be in a minority.
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I see left handedness and right handedness as being a line with LH and RH at each end and ambidextrous some where in the middle. The decision on what orientation to adopt will likely depend where you sit on that line.
In my case, I sit firmly at the LH end, learning to play a right handed instrument was never going to happen. Its something that should be left for the student to decide, and his/her decision should be respected not coerced to go in an unsuitable direction. just a smile....when anyone spouts opinions, everyone should learn to play right handed I smile and offer them one of my guitars and say " here, learn that " ( only with people I know of course) |
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THE MOST IMPORTANT 'DOMINANT' TRAIT IS HOW A CHILD PICTURES THEMSELVES PLAYING.
IF THEY PLAY AIR GUITAR LEFTY, PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, FIRST AND FOREMOST. IF THEY PLAY AIR GUITAR RIGHTY, PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, FIRST AND FOREMOST. After that it's just a bunch of adults projecting. HE |
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Left handed people don't seem to have a problem driving a car with the steering wheel on the same side as right handed people. Computer keyboards? I don't recall ever seeing one with the keys arranged in a "left handed orientation". Aircraft with sidesticks instead of control yokes have the pilot's on the left and copilot's on the right. I'm sure they don't decide if you're a pilot or copilot based on left or right hand preference. We are amazingly adaptable animals (when we decide to be anyway ) and anything done with both hands can be learned either way from the start. It's switching once you've started that messes things up, again just my opinion. Fascinating discussion though.
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hendrix played upside down. so anything can be learned. so why not use ones dominant hand to do the more intricate work. when one starts learning it's usually simple strumming. certainly easy enough to master with non dominant hand.. |
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I have a nine year old young grandson that is left handed. I had him try a guitar both ways and he was more comfortable playing lefty. I got a Squire Mini Strat and reversed the nut and strings ala Jimi Hendrix. He got the guitar for Christmas.
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As these types of threads unfold , the safe space mentality becomes projected by so many .
From personal experience , the hand that has the rhythm is the key . If you cannot carry the rhythm in your left hand you should have a go at playing righty as well as the reverse . We are all wired differently , so there is no hard and fast dogma that should apply . As an example . You never see left handed violinists in an orchestral environment , yet there are left handed violinists and violins . This is , in part , a matter of logistics . The left handed player will need to be at the left end of a row in order to not create a bit of chaos . And , let's face it , chaos is not desired in the orchestral setting/world . An aspect that tends to emerge as well , is certain people attempting to impose their personal views onto others instead of encouraging the individual to act on their own behalf . Human nature , sadly . The music does not care what your hand orientation is nor does the ear . Maybe we can all learn something from this . |
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A lefty, I have always been of the opinion that, in general, left-handers are a bit more ambidextrous than right handers. We all vary of course, but try to find a left-handed scissors, a left handed catcher's mitt, or a left-handed butter knife. You learn to cope, which is exactly what I did on the guitar - and have never regretted it.
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Although my thoughts have already been stamped with "Mostly complete nonsense" I'd simply suggest that anyone arguing about the "handedness" of a guitar simply think back to when they learned. I'll virtually guarantee that the first attempts at learning on a standard instrument were spent hunched over and working very diligently at getting all of the fingers of the left hand to end up where they needed to be to create those first few chord shapes.
Although I'm willing to accept there may be a few exceptions to the idea that there may be individuals who absolutely require a "left handed" instrument, the reason is more about those individuals being culturally programmed to look at any task and believe that they have to do things "backward" to everyone else. Again, I'm STRONGLY left handed, and if I had never seen a guitar played before I picked one up I can assure anyone where my attention would be focused. I'd use my left hand for whichever end seemed to cause the most problem for me. Yes, there's all sorts of folks who post to internet forums. There's always someone out there to tell you that your opinion or life experience don't matter and they are "mostly complete nonsense". Oh, and evidently I've been playing guitar WRONG for over 50 years! I'm going to have to inform my pesky left hand that all it needs to do is clamp down chords and notes. No more of that switching fingers around to work melody notes withing chord shapes or shifting up and down the fret board to incorporate all those other useless notes beyond where my hand is clamped down. Who would have guessed it was so easy? I'm also a woodworker, and if you've ever played rock, paper, scissors you'll be able to figure out which hand I hold a hammer in. There's no "handedness" for either the hammer or chisel but I'll state most emphatically that the way in which they are used is where the handedness lies. Last edited by Rudy4; 01-17-2018 at 08:59 AM. |
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