I know that I am playing better when I relax or 'free' my left hand while playing. More music, less of just playing the right note at the right time.
Stephan Am 9 Jan 2009 um 23:32 hat David van Ooijen geschrieben: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM, David Rastall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > >> Has anyone ever seen or heard about a left handed piano? Could be > >> interesting? > > > > There is an English pianist named Christopher Seed who plays left- > > handed piano: see www.lefthandedpiano.co.uk/ > > It's the guy I mentioned. > > It has to be said, there are stories of left-handed people, 'forced' > to play right-handed who show musical talent but do seem to be able to > express themselves adequately. Reversing their instrument/playing > might help. I know of a pupil of my former guitar teacher. Left-handed > kid, but played right-handed, bright pupil, good hands, good music, > but somehow not as expressive as he could be. Teacher decided to > restring his guitar, and within weeks the boy was better than he was > before. But for me the question comes up, would any major change in > his playing habits have resulted in a similar good outcome? In other > words, is the theory that one hand is dominant in expressing emotions > true, or does a major change in habits draw attention away from > whatever is blocking you to express yourself in music? I have no > answers, but as a practicing lefty, I am sceptical to the first > theory. > > David > > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [email protected] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --- Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht / End of forwarded message --- --
