Left handed pipers. They're just ****ing weird. Especially the ones that have their hands the wrong way round.😆This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-03-2021 12:46 PM #31
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13-03-2021 12:48 PM #32
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Edit: just read Peevemor's post, and so clearly I'm wrong about left-handedness and instruments. Can't think then why it would be rare in orchestras.Last edited by s.a.m; 13-03-2021 at 12:51 PM.
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13-03-2021 12:49 PM #33This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Pianists, for example, don't have a choice and they manage fine.
Of all the left handed musicians I know, I'd say maybe 75% play right handed.
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13-03-2021 12:52 PM #34This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I know a couple of decent players who only inverse their hands. It looks uncomfortable apart from anything else.
All the other left handed pipers I know play in a normal, non deviant way.
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13-03-2021 12:53 PM #35This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Thinking this through... if you learn on the chanter, everyone should learn the same way, left hand on top, no?
So the only issue for lefties becomes where they put the drones when they go on to the full pipes. That must be down to personal preference. 🤔Last edited by CropleyWasGod; 13-03-2021 at 01:06 PM.
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13-03-2021 02:53 PM #37This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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13-03-2021 03:58 PM #38
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13-03-2021 04:07 PM #39This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If you have the bag under your left arm you have to stretch to put the left hand to the bottom of the chanter. Either that or you bend the chanter slightly under the bag to reach it easier (but you end up bending your left wrist) . Either way will limit dexterity.
In addition, right handed people can't play pipes that are set up for a left handed person (ie. drones on the opposite shoulder). This can be a real disadvantage as it can take years for a learner to have enough experience to properly set up his/her instrument - so ordinarily it will be the teacher that does it for him/her. A right handed teacher won't be able to properly check left handed pipes.Last edited by Peevemor; 13-03-2021 at 04:50 PM.
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13-03-2021 04:30 PM #40
Left-hander and footer here. Always worn my watch on the right wrist and find that dislocating my left arm can help when winding my watch.
There's a bit of evidence re the 'it's the way you learn' theory about two-handed operations. Canadian ice hockey players have a majority who shoot left (60%). It's not because they are generally speaking. left-handed and there are one or two theories as to why. Americans tend to shoot right.
It's interesting that some of the absolute elite footballers of all-time have been left-footed, including Maradona, Messi, Alfredo Di Stefano, Ference Puskas and Johan Cruyff. Many other among the 'greats' as well including Pauolo Maldini, Roberto Carlos, Raul, Gerson, Stoichkov, Rivellino, Hagi and Kempes. Not forgetting our own late, great Jim Baxter.
I did a small-scale scientific study once to determine if righties were better with their left than lefties were with their right. Results (albeit on a small sample) seemed to indicate that for everyday basic tasks there was little difference. For more intricate tasks though the left-handers were better with their right hand than right-handers were with their left.
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13-03-2021 05:01 PM #41
I'm a bit all over the place:
Write with my left hand
Right arm is stronger
Cricket/tennis/darts - right hand
Snooker - left hand
Use a hammer with right hand; use a screwdriver with left hand
Totally right footed.HIBERNIAN FC - ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY SINCE 1875
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13-03-2021 05:40 PM #42
Kingussie GC has the most left handed golfers in the world because they learn to play shinty when they're young.
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13-03-2021 08:54 PM #43This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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15-03-2021 03:09 PM #45This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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18-03-2021 11:22 AM #48
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Glasgow have the Coma Scale we have the Handedness Inventory.
https://www.physio-pedia.com/Edinbur...nventory_(EHI)
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18-03-2021 07:45 PM #49
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If I’m getting the lid off of a tight jar, the left hand is doing the turning of the lid, and the right the hodding of the jar. Don’t know if that’s normal for right handers? Come to think of it I open juice bottles etc like that regardless of how tight they are. Seems strange..
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19-03-2021 06:27 PM #51This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Thinking about it, the right hand is actually doing more of the work. It's providing the resistance, which often needs more strength, and the left hand does the easy bit.
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22-03-2021 06:49 PM #53
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