And what do you say when someone plays a "standard" instrument the left-handed way, like Jimmy Hendrix, Albert King, Doyle Bramhall and a few others ? Of course impossible to imagine on the lute, but who knows ?
Best, ;-) Jean-Marie ================================= == En réponse au message du 12-05-2010, 15:37:27 == > >Au contraire, my dear Stuart. I am stereotypically left-handed and play >standard instruments. I don't believe there is necessarily anything >inherently naturally left-handed about placing the neck of a chordophone in >the right hand...or right-handed about placing it in the left. Both your >hands are rather busy with relatively complicated and strictly anthropogenic >tasks in plucked music. Being so very left-handed, I refuse to refer to the >instruments I play as "right-handed" but prefer "standard." Allegedly >left-handed instruments I call "reverse to standard." Your vocabulary may >differ without shame. > >Eugene > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On >> Behalf Of Stuart Walsh >> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:31 AM >> To: simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk >> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players >> >> simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk wrote: >> > Sent to the list on behalf of Chris Goodwin, the Secretary of the >> > (UK-based) Lute Society: >> > >> > Dear all >> > >> > THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF LEFT-HANDED LUTE PLAYERS >> > >> > At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Lute Society the view was >> > expressed that not enough is done for left-handed players, especially >> > beginners or prospective players; perhaps The Lute Society should even >> > acquire a left-handed hire lute. >> > >> > A good first step would be to establish a list, network, or database of >> > left-handed players. >> > >> > Would any left-handed players care to contact the Lute Society >> > Secretary, lute...@aol.com, for their names to go on a contact list? >> > >> I suppose people like me, who are left-handed, but play right-handedly, >> would not be possible members of the worshipful company? >> (and it serves us right for betraying our essential sinistrality) >> >> Stuart >> > >> > best wishes >> > Chris Goodwin > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > ========================================
