Full Version: Left Or Right ?
I just wanna know what 'handed' are you all ?
Why? Do you know a secret handshake?
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lol, im left handed
This could prove to be interesting and might be good on the general discussion forum as it is generally thought that the more creative/musical people are lefties.
Me, I'm right handed.
Me, I'm right handed.
| QUOTE (freda_bloogs @ Jan 11 2005, 04:20 PM) |
| This could prove to be interesting and might be good on the general discussion forum as it is generally thought that the more creative/musical people are lefties. Me, I'm right handed. |
An interesting proposition - 2 perhaps.
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i'm right-handed...i'm not creative...and that's the reason why i hate composing soooooooo much....
I'm right-handed. I like composing.
| QUOTE (isabelsmells @ Jan 11 2005, 05:03 PM) |
| I'm right-handed. I like composing. |
ditto...
i'm left handed
Right handed but left handed writing is legible!
jess
jess
| QUOTE (cheeble @ Jan 11 2005, 07:23 PM) | ||
ditto... |
Me too!
I am right handed and starting to enjoy composing.
i haaaate composing, sally can confirm that!!!
at my stage of uni I can't afford to hate composing, but since I've worked more on the piano my creativity has diminished 
I guess in the grand scheme of things, any instrument that uses two hands equally would require some ambidexterity in the eyes of a string player and most brass instrument players
I guess in the grand scheme of things, any instrument that uses two hands equally would require some ambidexterity in the eyes of a string player and most brass instrument players
| QUOTE (jstark @ Jan 11 2005, 10:16 PM) |
| at my stage of uni I can't afford to hate composing, but since I've worked more on the piano my creativity has diminished I guess in the grand scheme of things, any instrument that uses two hands equally would require some ambidexterity in the eyes of a string player and most brass instrument players |
String players need to be ambidextrous. They have different capabilities in the two hands, but in the brains of expert violinists the area for motor control of the fingers of the left hand gets enlarged.
I'm right handed, but I think a lot of left handed people can write with both hands. My Science teacher is really left handed but he can right beautifully with both hands! But he never writes with both hands at the same time on the black board. However, it's odd that he writes "J" differently. A lot of left-handed people can write with the right hand, too because you do a lot of stuff with your right hand, especially in playing music. In Indonesia here, if you give something with your left hand it's considered impolite. You have to let them know you're left handed first.
A disadvantage in being left-handed is that in piano playing usually the left hand just does simple accompanying while the right hand gets the difficult part. This style always makes our left hand fingers much more slower than the right. In the late grades you usually concentrate fast scales on both hands, even though they can still ask you to do it separately. You feel that because you can play with enormous speed on both hands, separate hands would be very easy. But it's not that way. Try playing that fast with the left hand alone. I'm sure you won't always be successful. Left handed people may have fast left hands but unfortunately they aren't used very often, except maybe in the case of a few Chopin etudes.
Do you know any left-handed composers? I would like to see their piano music, does it have a lot of left hand difficulty?
A disadvantage in being left-handed is that in piano playing usually the left hand just does simple accompanying while the right hand gets the difficult part. This style always makes our left hand fingers much more slower than the right. In the late grades you usually concentrate fast scales on both hands, even though they can still ask you to do it separately. You feel that because you can play with enormous speed on both hands, separate hands would be very easy. But it's not that way. Try playing that fast with the left hand alone. I'm sure you won't always be successful. Left handed people may have fast left hands but unfortunately they aren't used very often, except maybe in the case of a few Chopin etudes.
Do you know any left-handed composers? I would like to see their piano music, does it have a lot of left hand difficulty?
| QUOTE (DGA @ Jan 12 2005, 10:43 AM) |
| In Indonesia here, if you give something with your left hand it's considered impolite. You have to let them know you're left handed first. |
I believe that the left hand is considered unclean in all Moslem societies. Do left-handed people use their left hands for eating in Indonesia?
| QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Jan 12 2005, 12:05 AM) |
| lol, im left handed |
Me too.And I thought I was the only one.
I can write with my right hand (badly).
I'm ambisinister - equally incompetant with both hands
| QUOTE (sarah-flute @ Jan 12 2005, 10:43 PM) |
| I'm ambisinister - equally incompetant with both hands |
hahahahahaha....what? You know what I thought at first? That you had two left hands and equally good with both.
Be a daredevil - play the piano no hands! Take care not to fall off....
| QUOTE (Rhapsodin @ Jan 13 2005, 05:25 PM) | ||
hahahahahaha....what? You know what I thought at first? That you had two left hands and equally good with both. Be a daredevil - play the piano no hands! Take care not to fall off.... |
Apologies particularly to Sarah, a small typing slip crept in. I shall try to have it adjusted in the quote.
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| QUOTE (kenm @ Jan 12 2005, 12:22 PM) | ||
I believe that the left hand is considered unclean in all Moslem societies. Do left-handed people use their left hands for eating in Indonesia? |
Yes, they do. It's unclean because of something that makes everyone think the left hand is dirty. I know that but I can't tell you, it's too impolite and nonsense to tell.
I had to read that about 3 times before I realised what you meant... "my eyes are dim I cannot see I have not brought my specs with me..."
Play the piano with no hands? I can barely play it with TWO....
Play the piano with no hands? I can barely play it with TWO....
| QUOTE (DGA @ Jan 13 2005, 06:59 PM) | ||||
Yes, they do. It's unclean because of something that makes everyone think the left hand is dirty. I know that but I can't tell you, it's too impolite and nonsense to tell. |
Well... I do know what the reason is....
Oooh this is going to take a while for me
i write with my right hand, but i do all my things in my left but not chopping but i do the rest its just the thing .. if i do it on my right stuff happens and i can't do it..
lol you decide.
i write with my right hand, but i do all my things in my left but not chopping but i do the rest its just the thing .. if i do it on my right stuff happens and i can't do it..
lol you decide.
| QUOTE (Student @ Jan 14 2005, 08:06 AM) | ||||||
Well... I do know what the reason is.... |
So...you probably live in a Muslim country, or at least an Asian country, or you like to study world culture.
I'm in a Muslim AND Asian country. I wonder why there is not any left-handed violin ( I mean made for left- handed people) ??
when i used to play violin, i played it the right handed way,and didnt havea problem with that.
I'm just joking.
I'm left-handed and I like composing but I don't think that I'm necessarily any more creative
However, I can still manage to play right-handed stuff with ease. I would like to see some left-handed pieces though... maybe I should compose one hehe
However, I can still manage to play right-handed stuff with ease. I would like to see some left-handed pieces though... maybe I should compose one hehe
Do your parent force you to use your right hand when you were little ?
No, but my primary school tried to readjust my writing technique as I write differently to everybody else as well as being left handed. The main reason left handers have to write differently is to stop the ink smudging which is really annoying - that's why I write in pencil most of the time when I can.
Im left handed
If i write in pencil I end up with lead all over my hand
If i write in pencil I end up with lead all over my hand
lol sometimes that happens if i write in pen 
Me too. Especially with those ink pens.Oh, I got a blue smudge on my hand.
Oh, by the way, I hate to peel apples because the peeler might cut my fingers ('cause I'm a leftie).
I have peeler problems and I'm right handed - I don't think it's a left handed problem! I usually shave the skin off the heel of my hand when peeling.
Why is almost everything designed for right handed people!? 
because most people are right handed and life isn't fair sorry!
sorry!
yeah us left handers are weird!
| QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Jan 19 2005, 07:24 PM) |
| yeah us left handers are weird! |
I 'm not left-handed and I am weird
I'm left-handed and I'm not weird - I think it's just the rest of you (including you righties and ambidextrousies!)
p.s. Anyone who disagrees to this is weird.
p.s. Anyone who disagrees to this is weird.
| QUOTE (Wobby @ Jan 19 2005, 07:35 PM) |
| I'm left-handed and I'm not weird - I think it's just the rest of you (including you righties and ambidextrousies!) p.s. Anyone who disagrees to this is weird. |
But,m That is just you
| QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Jan 19 2005, 07:24 PM) |
| yeah us left handers are weird! |
freaks almost??
not quite! i am strange but not a freak!
Thats where the word 'almost' came into it.
However I do know some lefties who are definatley feaks
However I do know some lefties who are definatley feaks
I don't. Could you explain to me what a feak is, please? (And they say left-handers are bad at spelling!) 
aahhh, the feak. a small rodent creature with the ability to be invisible. it steals odd socks and hides in peoples shoes
| QUOTE (oddy @ Jan 19 2005, 08:10 PM) |
| aahhh, the feak. a small rodent creature with the ability to be invisible. it steals odd socks and hides in peoples shoes |
Oooo, like teh squidmonkey.....
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