05-20-2013, 10:59 AM
(05-20-2013, 07:09 AM)ambrosial revelation Wrote: Regarding forced left hand development due to playing an instrument then I suppose it firstly depends on the instrument. In piano left hand plays the bassline most of the time, so in sense it's keeping rhythm and the right plays melody which is mostly the expressive content in music, but not always. In guitar it could almost be seen as the opposite if you are right handed, then the right hand either strums or finger picks which is in effect the rhythm. Whereas drummers both hands playing rhythm. There is another aspect to all of this which is muscle memory, but I'll come back to that soon because my tea is starting to burn. Hope this makes some sort of sense.There are "left hand" string instruments (for Hendrix, Albert King(?) etc) but I've never heard of a left hand piano. Still there must be left hand pianists (those who use the left for writing etc.). I wonder what effect it would have on their playing, if there were left grands etc. ,-) I am serious.
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On to the topic: I often could use 2 right hands like, when I hold a glass and a cig while on the pc: I still would like to use the right hand to type. So, wait: 3 right hands. the only thing I need the left for is holding the fork but then I prefer spoons anyway. On a plate the "main" dish must be positioned on my left hand side. Just for your info.