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Jul 28 2017, 03:50 PM |
Hello folks,
I've been thinking, why is it that the dominant hand is the one that does the least complex thing on the guitar? I know it feels natural for a right handed player to have the left hand on the fretboard but it just seems counter-intuitive even though I know it feels right. Discuss please -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jul 28 2017, 05:34 PM |
Cool topic! From my own experience as a guitar teacher I've noted that the main problem with students who want to play complex stuff is usually their picking hand. However this depends on each thing that you play. Some stuff requires more work from your left while others are more demanding for your right. As our picking hand manages intensities, I think that it's good to have the stronger hand doing it. Don't you think so?
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Jul 28 2017, 09:27 PM |
Cool topic! From my own experience as a guitar teacher I've noted that the main problem with students who want to play complex stuff is usually their picking hand. This is what makes me think that the dominant hand shouldn't the do the strumming, It doesn't work though. I've restrung one of my guitars and tried to play the other way but it just didn't work out. I'm intrigued why the dominant hand has to just do down up down up and muting but the submissive hand has to traverse strings, bend strings, hammer on, pull off, do vibrato, etc etc Interesting psychological process. This post has been edited by Phil66: Jul 28 2017, 09:30 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jul 29 2017, 05:12 PM |
I'm not looking for an excuse to why I'm not very good
I was just wondering why it seems natural to most people to have the none dominant hand on the fretboard. When you're starting out and playing camp fire open chord songs, the fretting hand is struggling much more than the strumming hand. I just wonder why people don't think, " man, I must be doing this the wrong way around!" I know GMC member Rhida recently changed to a left hand guitar but I haven't heard from him in a while. Interesting -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jul 29 2017, 06:31 PM |
This is what makes me think that the dominant hand shouldn't the do the strumming, It doesn't work though. I've restrung one of my guitars and tried to play the other way but it just didn't work out. I'm intrigued why the dominant hand has to just do down up down up and muting but the submissive hand has to traverse strings, bend strings, hammer on, pull off, do vibrato, etc etc Interesting psychological process. I know what you mean but I think there's a good reason for it. While there is greater variety to the types of movement done by the fretting hand, the picking hand does smaller movements that require greater dexterity and precision. In particular, rapidly changing the direction of the movement of the hand between upward and downward while making small precise movements are things most people find are best done by the dominant hand -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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Jul 30 2017, 12:46 PM |
I'm not talking about getting good by practise . I'm talking about why, initially, when you pick up a guitar, that it feels so right to most people to have the dominant hand on the fretboard, even before you've started learning. Even kids picking up a tennis racquet and pretending to play guitar put the handle (effective fretboard) in their dominant hand.
It's more of a psychological question than a practise question I know it may not be answered here but I do find it interesting to discuss. -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jul 30 2017, 01:55 PM |
I'm not talking about getting good by practise . I'm talking about why, initially, when you pick up a guitar, that it feels so right to most people to have the dominant hand on the fretboard, even before you've started learning. Even kids picking up a tennis racquet and pretending to play guitar put the handle (effective fretboard) in their dominant hand. It's more of a psychological question than a practise question I know it may not be answered here but I do find it interesting to discuss. Pick up a pencil and draw a precise zigzag line with your right and left hands. Notice how you can do that better with your dominant hand? That's the kind of motion that requires your dominant hand and that's what you do with your picking hand. -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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Jul 30 2017, 02:21 PM |
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This post has been edited by Phil66: Jul 30 2017, 02:59 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jul 30 2017, 02:57 PM |
Hi Friend Since Last year my musical journey has been a blast. Everything has been great so far. Now I know what finger memory means. I've been quiet lately because I've been practicing with another site and one of my videos made more than 3k views on Facebook alone. No offense but I don't agree with what Darius said. In my case switching the hands has made all the difference in the world. I have total control and independance of my fretting fingers. Last year I passed 2 RECS level 2 after just a few weeks of playing left-handed. One of the lessons I made multiple tries when I was right-handed and never passed it. My picking hand needed more work but I can now play 400 notes per minutes currently and easily no matter what scale or exercise I do. With an extra push and shorter licks I can do 600 npm I can do bends and pull-offs easily. I am a true lefty and I am glad that I discovered that one year ago. I am now in the intermediate range and my level has never been so high in my 26 years of playing. And I don't practice much than before! Keep on playing! Great to hear from you Rhida, great to hear you are improving, how about putting some videos up Don't be a stranger mate Pick up a pencil and draw a precise zigzag line with your right and left hands. Notice how you can do that better with your dominant hand? That's the kind of motion that requires your dominant hand and that's what you do with your picking hand. Here is a video of my non dominant hand trying to do something my dominant hand can do easily. With my dominant hand I can tap as smoothly going from pinky to index as I can from index to pinky. Just watch what my non dominant hand does. For the record, I, like Rhida, was born left handed. Back in the olden days it was considered to be a sign of evil. My grandmother encouraged my mother to convert me to bring right handed. This post has been edited by Phil66: Jul 30 2017, 03:00 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jul 31 2017, 08:19 AM |
Thanks Todd,,
I'm right handed but I was born left handed. Right handed feels more natural to me now because from day one, my mom encouraged me to be right handed. I kick a ball with my left foot though Cheers This post has been edited by Phil66: Jul 31 2017, 01:50 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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