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What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>
>
>
I once saw a left-handed piano.
Ed Maier
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>
>
>
I once saw a left-handed piano.
Ed Maier
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Ed Maier expounded in news:8p3Xj.4673$nl7.117@flpi146.ffdc.sbc . com :
> I once saw a left-handed piano.
>
> Ed Maier
Were the pedals also reversed, for left footedness?
Snark.
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Ed Maier expounded in news:8p3Xj.4673$nl7.117@flpi146.ffdc.sbc . com :
> I once saw a left-handed piano.
>
> Ed Maier
Were the pedals also reversed, for left footedness?
Snark.
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Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Charmed Snark wrote:
> Ed Maier expounded in news:8p3Xj.4673$nl7.117@flpi146.ffdc.sbc . com :
>
>> I once saw a left-handed piano.
>>
>> Ed Maier
>
> Were the pedals also reversed, for left footedness?
>
> Snark.
> ** Posted from * w w w .teranews . com **
When you're kinda tipsy and you walk into a piano bar where there's a
big mirror behind the piano player, stuff appears differently. :-)
Ed Maier
(1962 was a great year.)
Charmed Snark wrote:
> Ed Maier expounded in news:8p3Xj.4673$nl7.117@flpi146.ffdc.sbc . com :
>
>> I once saw a left-handed piano.
>>
>> Ed Maier
>
> Were the pedals also reversed, for left footedness?
>
> Snark.
> ** Posted from * w w w .teranews . com **
When you're kinda tipsy and you walk into a piano bar where there's a
big mirror behind the piano player, stuff appears differently. :-)
Ed Maier
(1962 was a great year.)
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>
>
>
They don't make a LH bassoon, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, either. This
lunacy seems to be reserved for fretted string instruments.
I never understood the logic of making a LH person play guitar LH. Why
would you make the better hand strum instead of fretting notes?
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>
>
>
They don't make a LH bassoon, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, either. This
lunacy seems to be reserved for fretted string instruments.
I never understood the logic of making a LH person play guitar LH. Why
would you make the better hand strum instead of fretting notes?
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
"kitekrazy" <kitekrazy@sbcglobal . net > wrote in message
news:7c4Xj.2012$r82.1100@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> Lumpy wrote:
>> ARLOWE wrote:
>>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>>> Just food for thought...
>>
>> I've never seen a left handed violin.
>> For that matter, I've never seen any
>> instruments left handed except guitars.
>>
>>
>> Lumpy
>>
>> In Your Ears for 40 Years
>> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>>
>>
>>
>
> They don't make a LH bassoon, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, either. This
> lunacy seems to be reserved for fretted string instruments.
> I never understood the logic of making a LH person play guitar LH. Why
> would you make the better hand strum instead of fretting notes?
I'll ask my question again. To what extent are left handers handicapped by
not having left-handed instruments? It would be visible as a statistic
showing that they occur at a lower frequency than in the population as a
whole. Even that ain't perfect though, because left-handers might have less
aptitude or inclination to learn music. There is some interesting evidence
that suggests that strong handers, be they left or right, have different
psychological profiles than weak handers, be they left or right. I find it
an interesting and complicated problem.
Tony D
"kitekrazy" <kitekrazy@sbcglobal . net > wrote in message
news:7c4Xj.2012$r82.1100@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc . com ...
> Lumpy wrote:
>> ARLOWE wrote:
>>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>>> Just food for thought...
>>
>> I've never seen a left handed violin.
>> For that matter, I've never seen any
>> instruments left handed except guitars.
>>
>>
>> Lumpy
>>
>> In Your Ears for 40 Years
>> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>>
>>
>>
>
> They don't make a LH bassoon, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, either. This
> lunacy seems to be reserved for fretted string instruments.
> I never understood the logic of making a LH person play guitar LH. Why
> would you make the better hand strum instead of fretting notes?
I'll ask my question again. To what extent are left handers handicapped by
not having left-handed instruments? It would be visible as a statistic
showing that they occur at a lower frequency than in the population as a
whole. Even that ain't perfect though, because left-handers might have less
aptitude or inclination to learn music. There is some interesting evidence
that suggests that strong handers, be they left or right, have different
psychological profiles than weak handers, be they left or right. I find it
an interesting and complicated problem.
Tony D
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
Good thing the guy didn't mention anything about a left handed violin.
I'm right handed in everything except kazoo.
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
Good thing the guy didn't mention anything about a left handed violin.
I'm right handed in everything except kazoo.
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
ARLOWE wrote:
> > > As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a
> > > girl in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She
> > > was taught to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became
> > > very good, so good that she held first chair for the 3 years I
> > > was in the orchestra. Maybe she was just a natural...but even if
> > > she was learning oposite hand didn't seem to hinder her.
> > > Just food for thought...
Lump:
> > I've never seen a left handed violin.
> > For that matter, I've never seen any
> > instruments left handed except guitars.
Sean:
> Good thing the guy didn't mention
> anything about a left handed violin.
Please tell me how much you've had to drink
so that I can catch up. Your posts are making
zero sense today.
Lumpy
In Your Ears for 40 Years
w w w .LumpyMusic . com
ARLOWE wrote:
> > > As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a
> > > girl in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She
> > > was taught to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became
> > > very good, so good that she held first chair for the 3 years I
> > > was in the orchestra. Maybe she was just a natural...but even if
> > > she was learning oposite hand didn't seem to hinder her.
> > > Just food for thought...
Lump:
> > I've never seen a left handed violin.
> > For that matter, I've never seen any
> > instruments left handed except guitars.
Sean:
> Good thing the guy didn't mention
> anything about a left handed violin.
Please tell me how much you've had to drink
so that I can catch up. Your posts are making
zero sense today.
Lumpy
In Your Ears for 40 Years
w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>>>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a
>>>> girl in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She
>>>> was taught to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became
>>>> very good, so good that she held first chair for the 3 years I
>>>> was in the orchestra. Maybe she was just a natural...but even if
>>>> she was learning oposite hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>>>> Just food for thought...
>
> Lump:
>>> I've never seen a left handed violin.
>>> For that matter, I've never seen any
>>> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
> Sean:
>> Good thing the guy didn't mention
>> anything about a left handed violin.
>
> Please tell me how much you've had to drink
> so that I can catch up. Your posts are making
> zero sense today.
>
You can catch up easily. I don't drink any alcohol at all. If I don't
make sense, I come by it naturally.
But still, the guy never mentioned a left handed violin, just a left
handed violinist.
Lumpy wrote:
> ARLOWE wrote:
>>>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a
>>>> girl in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She
>>>> was taught to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became
>>>> very good, so good that she held first chair for the 3 years I
>>>> was in the orchestra. Maybe she was just a natural...but even if
>>>> she was learning oposite hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>>>> Just food for thought...
>
> Lump:
>>> I've never seen a left handed violin.
>>> For that matter, I've never seen any
>>> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
> Sean:
>> Good thing the guy didn't mention
>> anything about a left handed violin.
>
> Please tell me how much you've had to drink
> so that I can catch up. Your posts are making
> zero sense today.
>
You can catch up easily. I don't drink any alcohol at all. If I don't
make sense, I come by it naturally.
But still, the guy never mentioned a left handed violin, just a left
handed violinist.
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy brought next idea :
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Neither have I.
I really can't see any you couldn't play violin left handed....your
fingering would be reversed as would your Bow position and direction.
Lumpy brought next idea :
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>> Just food for thought...
>
> I've never seen a left handed violin.
> For that matter, I've never seen any
> instruments left handed except guitars.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Neither have I.
I really can't see any you couldn't play violin left handed....your
fingering would be reversed as would your Bow position and direction.
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
ARLOWE submitted this idea :
> Lumpy brought next idea :
>> ARLOWE wrote:
>>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>>> Just food for thought...
>>
>> I've never seen a left handed violin.
>> For that matter, I've never seen any
>> instruments left handed except guitars.
>>
>>
>> Lumpy
>>
>> In Your Ears for 40 Years
>> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>
> Neither have I.
> I really can't see any "REASON" you couldn't play violin left handed....your
> fingering would be reversed as would your Bow position and direction.
my bad...
ARLOWE submitted this idea :
> Lumpy brought next idea :
>> ARLOWE wrote:
>>> As a kid I played Bass Violin in the school orchestra. I recall a girl
>>> in our group who played violin and she was left handed. She was taught
>>> to play right handed. She quickly caught on and became very good, so
>>> good that she held first chair for the 3 years I was in the orchestra.
>>> Maybe she was just a natural...but even if she was learning oposite
>>> hand didn't seem to hinder her.
>>> Just food for thought...
>>
>> I've never seen a left handed violin.
>> For that matter, I've never seen any
>> instruments left handed except guitars.
>>
>>
>> Lumpy
>>
>> In Your Ears for 40 Years
>> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
>
> Neither have I.
> I really can't see any "REASON" you couldn't play violin left handed....your
> fingering would be reversed as would your Bow position and direction.
my bad...
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
ARLOWE wrote:
> I really can't see any you couldn't
> play violin left handed....your
> fingering would be reversed as
> would your Bow position and direction.
The violin would have to be rebuilt.
Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
are all built for right handed players.
Just like a guitar, you can't simply
string it backwards.
Lumpy
In Your Ears for 40 Years
w w w .LumpyMusic . com
ARLOWE wrote:
> I really can't see any you couldn't
> play violin left handed....your
> fingering would be reversed as
> would your Bow position and direction.
The violin would have to be rebuilt.
Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
are all built for right handed players.
Just like a guitar, you can't simply
string it backwards.
Lumpy
In Your Ears for 40 Years
w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy explained :
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> I really can't see any you couldn't
>> play violin left handed....your
>> fingering would be reversed as
>> would your Bow position and direction.
>
> The violin would have to be rebuilt.
> Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
> are all built for right handed players.
>
> Just like a guitar, you can't simply
> string it backwards.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
You wouldn't have to change the strings, just playing techique.
Externally A violin is virually symetrical so there is nothing to stop
you from holding the violin from the right (to play left handed)
The chin rest is not part of the instument. It's an accessory like a
capo. There are many players who don't use a chin rest.
And unlike a guitar you can not play all of the strings at the same
time. The maximum number of strings is two, maybe with a bit of force
three strings. You would also have to push the bow to get the same
sound as a right handed player drawing the bow.
I guess it would be an iteresting exercise to give it a try...
Of course OH&S rules would require that all musicians wear saftey
glasses in the pit....
Lumpy explained :
> ARLOWE wrote:
>> I really can't see any you couldn't
>> play violin left handed....your
>> fingering would be reversed as
>> would your Bow position and direction.
>
> The violin would have to be rebuilt.
> Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
> are all built for right handed players.
>
> Just like a guitar, you can't simply
> string it backwards.
>
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
You wouldn't have to change the strings, just playing techique.
Externally A violin is virually symetrical so there is nothing to stop
you from holding the violin from the right (to play left handed)
The chin rest is not part of the instument. It's an accessory like a
capo. There are many players who don't use a chin rest.
And unlike a guitar you can not play all of the strings at the same
time. The maximum number of strings is two, maybe with a bit of force
three strings. You would also have to push the bow to get the same
sound as a right handed player drawing the bow.
I guess it would be an iteresting exercise to give it a try...
Of course OH&S rules would require that all musicians wear saftey
glasses in the pit....
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lump:
[left handed violin]
> > The violin would have to be rebuilt.
> > Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
> > are all built for right handed players.
> >
> > Just like a guitar, you can't simply
> > string it backwards.
Arlowe:
> You wouldn't have to change the strings,
> just playing techique. Externally A violin
> is virually symetrical so there is nothing
> to stop you from holding the violin from
> the right (to play left handed)...
Uh, no, that's not correct.
Lumpy
In Your Ears for 40 Years
w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Lump:
[left handed violin]
> > The violin would have to be rebuilt.
> > Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
> > are all built for right handed players.
> >
> > Just like a guitar, you can't simply
> > string it backwards.
Arlowe:
> You wouldn't have to change the strings,
> just playing techique. Externally A violin
> is virually symetrical so there is nothing
> to stop you from holding the violin from
> the right (to play left handed)...
Uh, no, that's not correct.
Lumpy
In Your Ears for 40 Years
w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy formulated the question :
> Lump:
> [left handed violin]
>> > The violin would have to be rebuilt.
>> > Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
>> > are all built for right handed players.
>> >
>> > Just like a guitar, you can't simply
>> > string it backwards.
>
> Arlowe:
>> You wouldn't have to change the strings,
>> just playing techique. Externally A violin
>> is virually symetrical so there is nothing
>> to stop you from holding the violin from
>> the right (to play left handed)...
>
> Uh, no, that's not correct.
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Of course it is... just flip it around and stick it under the right
side
of your chin and hold the neck in your right hand....
You don't have to change anything.... unless you use a chin rest...then
you would need a left handed chin rest.....or play without it...
Lumpy formulated the question :
> Lump:
> [left handed violin]
>> > The violin would have to be rebuilt.
>> > Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
>> > are all built for right handed players.
>> >
>> > Just like a guitar, you can't simply
>> > string it backwards.
>
> Arlowe:
>> You wouldn't have to change the strings,
>> just playing techique. Externally A violin
>> is virually symetrical so there is nothing
>> to stop you from holding the violin from
>> the right (to play left handed)...
>
> Uh, no, that's not correct.
>
> Lumpy
>
> In Your Ears for 40 Years
> w w w .LumpyMusic . com
Of course it is... just flip it around and stick it under the right
side
of your chin and hold the neck in your right hand....
You don't have to change anything.... unless you use a chin rest...then
you would need a left handed chin rest.....or play without it...
Re: What guitar do I buy for my daughter?
Lumpy expounded in news:696mkjF31no1vU1@mid.individual . net :
> Lump:
> [left handed violin]
>> > The violin would have to be rebuilt.
>> > Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
>> > are all built for right handed players.
>> >
>> > Just like a guitar, you can't simply
>> > string it backwards.
>
> Arlowe:
>> You wouldn't have to change the strings,
>> just playing techique. Externally A violin
>> is virually symetrical so there is nothing
>> to stop you from holding the violin from
>> the right (to play left handed)...
>
> Uh, no, that's not correct.
>
> Lumpy
The thumb is in the wrong place.
Snark.
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Lumpy expounded in news:696mkjF31no1vU1@mid.individual . net :
> Lump:
> [left handed violin]
>> > The violin would have to be rebuilt.
>> > Nut, bridge, bracing, chin rest etc
>> > are all built for right handed players.
>> >
>> > Just like a guitar, you can't simply
>> > string it backwards.
>
> Arlowe:
>> You wouldn't have to change the strings,
>> just playing techique. Externally A violin
>> is virually symetrical so there is nothing
>> to stop you from holding the violin from
>> the right (to play left handed)...
>
> Uh, no, that's not correct.
>
> Lumpy
The thumb is in the wrong place.
Snark.
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