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 Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:21 am
When playing the clarinet, you know how the left hand goes on the top and the right on the bottom. Does it really matter how you play the instrument with your hands? I mean could you switch them?
I was wondering since my mom was asking how a left handed person plays the clarinet and I couldn't think of an answer x w x
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:10 am
They call me a band geek...I'm left handed and I play bass clarinet just fine...it's just the way it's built, it's way easier to play with the left hand on top, it's practically impossible to play with the right hand, unless they made a clarinet like that. And I'm proud to say I am.
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 5:39 pm
Yeah, handedness doesn't matter, like playing the piano. One hand is not more dominant than the other when playing woodwind instruments; they both have to move around a lot and you have to coordinate both hands in order to play.
So, the answer to your mom would be something like, "It doesn't really matter what handedness you are! Lefties and righties play the same way!"
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:32 pm
When I first started, I was accidently playing like that...I could kinda play but it was hard...
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:27 pm
you COULD get a clarinet made so that the keys were backwards and you could put the right hand on top, but it would be completely arbitrary. most people won't pay thousands of dollars for a beginner, and that's what it would cost to get a custom-made clarinet. so people learn to play the instrument how it is built, and that's just how they get used to it.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:20 am
Thank you for answering my question you guys.
Oh and Happy New Year!
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