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Timeline for Ambidextrous instruments

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Jun 29, 2019 at 8:05 comment added ghellquist All instruments can be played by left or right handed people as far as I know. Generally both hands have similarily important, but maybe different, duties. After a few thousand hours of practice it will all feel natural. There are some that allow you to choose which hand to "have on top" (or how you define it). Old time bassons (baroque or dulcians) with few keys could often be played with left or right hand on top. As the number of keys over time increased it became necessary to make a choice.
Jan 27, 2014 at 13:39 answer added Steve Mansfield timeline score: 2
May 26, 2013 at 23:03 comment added leftaroundabout "the left hand fingers do most of the work" just isn't right. The two hands do completely different kinds of work, but you can't really say which is more important, or more difficult. Nor is it actually correct to assert that a right-handed person is in every regard more skilled with their right hand; rather, there will be many things they can do better with the right hand – but possibly also a few where the left hand is better. I am left-handed, yet I can do a lot of things better with my right hand, the fretting of strings being amongst them – but not bowing or plucking.
May 24, 2013 at 14:47 answer added Chochos timeline score: 1
May 22, 2013 at 19:22 comment added user28 I tried to play lefty guitar immediately after starting and it was incredibly unnatural and awkward, I was completely useless (and surprised since as Widor says my main hand out to be better at fretting). I'm strongly right handed in all respects -- writing, baseball, tennis, golf, hockey, etc. -- so take from that what you will.
May 22, 2013 at 12:10 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackMusic/status/337178678192652288
May 22, 2013 at 11:01 comment added Widor Long before I ever got shown the "correct" way to play a guitar, I naturally picked it up in the 'left-hand' position. It makes sense to me that my dominant (right) hand should do the intricate work of fretting the strings while my useless left hand just went back and forth strumming them.
May 22, 2013 at 6:33 comment added Tim I've often considered the guitar (which I've taught for many decades), as actually being better designed for lefties.Apart from finger picking or classical playing, the left hand fingers do most of the work. Right hand is more right arm when strumming.In fact, I think it's more versatile being played on one's lap, but still left-handed. Of course, most guitarists will disagree, as they've already learned the orthodox way. Food for thought?
May 21, 2013 at 20:33 answer added NReilingh timeline score: 8
May 21, 2013 at 19:14 answer added Carl Witthoft timeline score: 2
May 21, 2013 at 18:59 answer added Ulf Åkerstedt timeline score: 2
May 21, 2013 at 18:03 history asked Tim CC BY-SA 3.0