Originally posted by Darth Jello
I'm left-handed and I think it would just be completely counter-intuitive to the way music is notated.
I'm right handed, but I agree
however, this has more to do with how your brain maps the spatial relation between progressive notes.
There probably are people out there for whom a left handed piano makes way more sense.
that is a personal representation to you, though
Like, I don't personally disagree, but I've read about synesthesic patients who map time in the shape of an L or other such things (most research looks at abnormalities in colour perception, but synesthesia is way bigger than that).
I haven't read anything specifically about notes and musical scales, but it stands to reason that the spatial representation of a scale, the mapping of written notes to muscle action, and the representation of sound in some people could make a lefty piano more effective.
As a lefty I have a tendency to reverse what people do with their hands to suit me. Seeing someone play with their right hand makes me wanna play with the left. I'm really fast and good with my left than the right, and when I use the keyboard mirror, I can play a lot easier.
I still play the "right" way though, so I can play on any piano.
Originally posted by siriuswriterYou aren't playing the melody, so you aren't feeling the music. It's hard to explain, but makes so much sense.
Erm, often the left-handed parts of piano pieces can be as complicated as the right-handed parts.Which is why you need to use them both. It's no hindrance to have a complicated left hand passage... it's just called practice.
I tend to mirror a lot of things too. I mirror combos in martial arts, play guitar left-handed and typically have my mouse pad set up with the buttons reversed since i typically mouse with my left. But I get confused visually which is why I would think it would be easier to play a lefty piano with mirrored music. An example is when playing a Wii, I usually adopt a left-handed position with the wii-mote in my left and the nunchuck in my right unless the game is first person such as metroid prime 3 wherein I tend to mirror whatever's onscreen because it seems more natural. Yet another reason i'm pissed at the wii version of twilight princess.
Originally posted by Darth JelloThat brought my piss to the boil.
I tend to mirror a lot of things too. I mirror combos in martial arts, play guitar left-handed and typically have my mouse pad set up with the buttons reversed since i typically mouse with my left. But I get confused visually which is why I would think it would be easier to play a lefty piano with mirrored music. An example is when playing a Wii, I usually adopt a left-handed position with the wii-mote in my left and the nunchuck in my right unless the game is first person such as metroid prime 3 wherein I tend to mirror whatever's onscreen because it seems more natural. Yet another reason i'm pissed at the wii version of twilight princess.
If its alright to mirror a game, why not mirror every game and have the option of which hand to play at the beginning?
I'm ambidextrous with the mouse, I was taught to use it right handed, and at one point was better with the right than the left, but realised lefty was so much easier. I remember it hurting using when I started with the right hand.
I would support that option but I would still switch because I'm one of those losers who enjoys some sense of continuity regarding the handedness of fictional characters. One of the few things I found a wee bit irritating about the otherwise nearly flawless watchmen movie, btw (Rorschach and Moloch are explicitly lefties in the book).