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RE: Left handed flamenco guitarists
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Mark2
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RE: Left handed flamenco guitarists (in reply to Dudnote)
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Dudnote, I hope you are kidding because if not you have no clue. First of all it's not like you think when you go in a guitar store. There are zero guitars to play, assuming you want a decent one. The "joy" of trying out guitars? OK, but I haven't missed out on the joy of PLAYING good guitars I own, doing gigs, getting paid, etc. Oh , maybe you want to borrow MY guitar? Go ahead......try it out. Good luck. Parents? I was 16 when I started playing and my parents really couldn't tell me anything at that age. But I will take your advice if I should ever decide to take up juggling. ToddK, you are absolutely right. We all suck. quote:
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ORIGINAL: ToddK I'm with Dudnote, Lefty's are completely inferior. Hate 'em.. lol!!! Take any basic juggling book and on page 1 or 2 it's gonna say something like "you'll find one of your hands will get this trick quicker than the other so it's really important to pay extra attention to the weaker hand to get it to the same level of ability". Work on any motor skill long enough and in the right way you can get pretty close to completely masterring it. So if you're crazy enough to want to go through the process to learn flamenco guitar what's a few extra weeks at the beginning to get one hand to feel as natural as the other at holding a chord and strumming? I think teachers / parents are just giving in to kids not wanting to do it the "right" way. But they are denying those kids the joy of walking into a guitar store and trying out 15 different guitars. vs. which looks more fun? It's like, imagine a future when designer babies are no longer controversial and your baby designer says to you "would you like a kid with a nut allergy? I can get one of those to you two or three weeks faster". Are you really gonna make your kid go through a life of "Great birthday cake, oh it's got nuts in it" @Rui nobody "needs" a nut allergy.
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Date Apr. 14 2015 20:39:33
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BarkellWH
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RE: Left handed flamenco guitarists (in reply to Sr. Martins)
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Well, I see the "right handed" police as being the nut allergy. ...not to mention that they are Guitar Fascists who would force "their way" as the only "correct way" on some poor, hapless beginner. Aside from bringing up such non-sequiturs as orchestral violinists and jugglers, Dudnote wrote: "My old teacher used to say learning flamenco left-handed was completely stupid because both hands require an enormous effort to develop technique and if at the end of all that work and dedication you can't pick up any old guitar at a jam and join in then what the hell was all that effort for?" The obvious answer, which clearly eluded his teacher, is you don't pick up any old guitar at a jam, you pick up your own guitar that you brought to the jam. "Lefties" have it hard enough with the language connotations of "left." In French "gauche" means both "left" and "awkward." In Latin "sinister" means both "left" and "ominous" or "evil." Let's leave flamenco (and other) guitarists who play left-handed alone. I'm sure they can play just as well as the "Righties." Bill
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Date Apr. 14 2015 22:15:54
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BarkellWH
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RE: Left handed flamenco guitarists (in reply to Dudnote)
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What a fun thread this is turning into - that's the first time I've been called a fascist. Seriously, I'd much much rather be called a lefty - come to the Caribbean and have a smoke Bill I'm sure you're not a fascist, Dudnote. But as you might have noted by now, strong, controversial opinions often elicit strong responses on the Foro. Being a lefty myself, I have some empathy for the obstacles left-handers occasionally face. But my situation is a bit different when it comes to playing the guitar. For my part, I am a southpaw in everything but the guitar. Have been all my life. Played baseball in high school as a left-handed pitcher and batted left-handed as well. Always wrote left-handed. Everything. But when I first learned to play the guitar at the age of 17, I began learning to play right-handed, and it felt perfectly natural. There was no "forcing" the issue. It just felt natural. And to play left-handed felt awkward. I don't know why, but playing the guitar is the only thing I have ever felt "natural" doing right-handed in my life. Maybe I am "wired" differently, with the synaptic impulses in the brain firing differently only when I pick up a guitar. Bill
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Date Apr. 15 2015 11:24:56
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