[NSP] Re: Prints of pipers
I gather the unexplanation of the Goebel's paralysis was carpal tunnel syndrome. c >-Original Message- >From: Paul Gretton [mailto:i...@gretton-willems.com] >Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:01 PM >To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: [NSP] Re: Prints of pipers > > > >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: Paul Gretton [mailto:i...@gretton-willems.com] >>>>Sent: 15 January 2009 11:51 >>>>To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >>>>Subject: [NSP] Re: Prints of pipers > >>>>Oops! Yes, I do mean that he ruined his **right** hand. > >DAMMIT! NO, I DON'T that...@#*$%#!! > >I mean he ruined his LEFT hand, the one he fingered the strings with. > >You can see how disorienting all this is! :-) > >Paul > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
[NSP] Re: Prints of pipers
It appears to have disoriented the author of this article too: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Goebel-Reinhard.htm "After unexplained paralysis struck his right hand, Goebel abandoned his career as a solo violinist, although he continued to play with his group, bowing the violin with his left hand." Probably producing some nice drones, so it's not that far off topic ;-) chirs >-Original Message- >From: Paul Gretton [mailto:i...@gretton-willems.com] >Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:01 PM >To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: [NSP] Re: Prints of pipers > > > >>>>-Original Message- >>>>From: Paul Gretton [mailto:i...@gretton-willems.com] >>>>Sent: 15 January 2009 11:51 >>>>To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >>>>Subject: [NSP] Re: Prints of pipers > >>>>Oops! Yes, I do mean that he ruined his **right** hand. > >DAMMIT! NO, I DON'T that...@#*$%#!! > >I mean he ruined his LEFT hand, the one he fingered the strings with. > >You can see how disorienting all this is! :-) > >Paul > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
[NSP] Re: Prints of pipers
>>>-Original Message- >>>From: Paul Gretton [mailto:i...@gretton-willems.com] >>>Sent: 15 January 2009 11:51 >>>To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu >>>Subject: [NSP] Re: Prints of pipers >>>Oops! Yes, I do mean that he ruined his **right** hand. DAMMIT! NO, I DON'T that...@#*$%#!! I mean he ruined his LEFT hand, the one he fingered the strings with. You can see how disorienting all this is! :-) Paul To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Prints of pipers
Oops! Yes, I do mean that he ruined his **right** hand. He used to play in the standard way with the instrument on his left shoulder and the bow in his right hand. Now he plays the other way round. Paul -Original Message- From: christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu [mailto:christopher.bi...@ec.europa.eu] Sent: 15 January 2009 10:19 To: i...@gretton-willems.com; nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Prints of pipers >Even more > disorientating was playing with a German violinist who had had an > accident that ruined his right hand; he re-taught himself to play > "left-handed". A minor quibble, but do you mean "ruined his *left* hand"? I can imagine bowing with an injured right hand as long as the wrist, elbow and shoulder were still ok, but doing the job normally assigned to the left hand with an injured right sounds impossible. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Prints of pipers
>Even more > disorientating was playing with a German violinist who had had an > accident that ruined his right hand; he re-taught himself to play > "left-handed". A minor quibble, but do you mean "ruined his *left* hand"? I can imagine bowing with an injured right hand as long as the wrist, elbow and shoulder were still ok, but doing the job normally assigned to the left hand with an injured right sounds impossible. I know a left-handed cellist who tried to learn "the right way round" but found it much easier when she reversed everything. This suggests that, for some people at least, one way is more natural than the other at the neurological level. I also know a brilliant left-handed guitarist who plays right-handed (ditto violinist), so it's probably all down to the individual. chirs To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Prints of pipers
Ref mistakes in pictorial depictions of pipers . As someone mentioned earlier ''There are also examples in Hugh Cheape's recent book about bagpipes.'' I haven't read Hugh Cheape's book but quite a few years ago he had an article published in the LBPS magazine, Common Stock highlighting the many examples of errors made by artists, lithographers, printers etc so I expect the new book will further amplify this. Few pipers ''choose'' to play with the bag under the right arm. And note that the vast majority of people who ride a bicycle mount and dismount and, especially, when walking along pushing the bike beside them do so on the left. (Maybe its the same with horse-riders?). Anyway do we know why this is the ''natural'' way to do it? Bill To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] Re: Prints of pipers
from Paul a German violinist who had had an accident that ruined his right hand; he re-taught himself to play "left-handed". And of course the Beatles presented a well balanced symetrical image to the world - John and the left-handed Paul either side of the mike. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
