Left Handed Violin Playing, Part 1, by Ryan Thomson "You have a choice!"
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Ryan's site - www.captainfidd... No such thing as a left handed violin? In Part 1 Ryan Thomson demonstrates left and right handed violins, and the differences between them. Ryan Thomson has learned to play violin at a professional level both left and right handed and can discuss the issue of playing either way from personal experience. In the Part 2 video he debunks the myth that left handed players have an advantage when they play violin right handed. He has written the world's first book about people who play violin left handed. The title is "Playing Violin and Fiddle Left Handed," and is available to order through his web site. The book contains a chapter on obtaining new left handed violins, converting right handed violins to lefty, and other options for playing. He writes about a virtuoso classical violinist who played left handed for a major symphony in the USA and several professional touring classical string quartets that had left handed playing violinists. Many non-classical fiddle players are listed also who perform jazz, celtic, and country music while playing left handed. Ryan has searched scientific sources for information to counter the myths and second hand anecdotes that promote the tired old mantra that left handed individuals must just give in and learn to play violin right handed. To access his second video, search "left handed violin playing part 2"
Visit Ryan's web site for information about his performances, instructional videos, books, and recordings.
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This man is SO PURE
Its ok
Yeah thanks for the acknowledgement considering I'm left handed and my guitar for left hand got cancelled without warning last year from guitar center smh.. I have always wanted to play an instrument and I received my right handed violin today! and knowing that I can choose to play it both ways was exciting watching him show me!!
Are there any violin teachers out there who don't mind teaching left handed people? I did a bit of research a few years ago and found a website that purported to answer that question. It did. I gave up. I'm left handed.
I don't want to play in an orchestra where everybody plays right handed, I just want to play a tune. I just want to play.
+kitty lynch I don't think most teachers would have problem with that, I am myself left handed and my teacher actually thought it mostly interesting to teach me to play because he had only taught left handers who played right handed ^^so it should not be hard to find a teacher who will teach you even though you are left handed :)
+kitty lynch If you find teachers are reluctant to teach you remind them that you are able to mirror their movements (if sitting face to face). it means you are less likely to reverse what they are doing. This also makes it easy to use most videos
Your story touches my heart. :-)
I an a lefty and have had two teachers. No problem. The problem is me.
yes! the fact that we lefty's can just be able to play is an amazing emotional experience!
I'm left handed and just got my first violin as a gift. It has been tuned at a music shop. Anyway, it felt comfortable and natural for me to pick up the violin with my right and bow with my left. I believe my violin happened to be a left-handed violin. The chin rest is on the right for my preferred violin position and it seems like the left hand violin has the E-string at the top. Lucky me. Another reason why I play left handed is because I'm more dexterous/coordinated with my right, so playing the strings with my right is better for me. It's just a matter of practicing bow technique. There are times I try to play right-handed, but it just feels awkward to me.
This was uploaded on my birthday, I'm left handed, and been interested in the violin recently. If that's not an omen, I don't know what is.
Course I figure I might just learn to play a right violin, left handed.
just learn rigth handed.
@@omarlugos r u serious? why don’t you try learning the violin with your left hand then. let’s see if you can still talk like that after
@@Serendipity-nh2uk why would i learn the wrong way?
@@omarlugos exactly, so why would WE learn the wrong way too? The “ right” way of playing it is holding the bow with your dominant hand, not the other way. And this is not the 18th century so why do we need to forcefully play with our right hand?
needed a refresh on whether or not to keep or change my left handed violin.. I'm somewhat a rare type, I use both of my hands about 45-50% equally. I can write and draw mostly with either hand. I have a guitar that i learn right handed and i am learning the violin left handed. I feel more comfy with my right hand in many things but something happened as a kid where i was forced with my left and grew up as a lefty but not a real lefty. confusing isnt it.. I'm used to hearing how the lefties were forced to be righthanded years ago but im the opposite. I'm gonna keep my left handed violin and learn it, just so I can say i can play either way in any instrument and be proud of myself.
sameeee I learned to play the right handed guitar and I bought a left handed violin. Btw, in case you got a right handed violin and changed everything in it to make it a left handed one, do you have any tips on how to chamge the pegs? ( to make each string close to the correct edge). I would really appreciate that.
I am left handed and play guitar left handed, this video is helpful, and pushing my very close to picking up a violin or cello and converting it to lefty status. Thanks for the video.
Hey Cap, thank you SO much for your attention and suggestions. I will certainly do so. =D
ive been playing for a year right handed but im left handed! but im tempted to get a lefty aswell because the left handed movements are more natural for me !
Thank you so much for the information. My daughter is going to be starting violin in the fall, and she's a lefty. I hadn't realized how much different it was for a lefty violin. I'm hoping her teacher will be willing to teacher her as a lefty!
I use a mouse on the left and play golf with leftie clubs and want to learn to play the violin left handed. In college, I worked as a cashier and I changed the keyboard to the left side. When someone would come to work on it, they would get all messed up and I’d say, “Welcome to my world!” It just feels right to me. Righties always get everything their way and I’m sick of having to change for them. I want to use a left handed violin!
Just want to say thank you mate. I was desperate about my left hand practices with violins. You've brought me hope!
"the odds are pretty good that you also want to use that same hand to manipulate the bow"
I cannot stress enough how much that statement struck me... i have never had a teacher who understood why i need to hold the violin "backward" or why i do not want to string it backward, nor why i keep the chinrest on the normal side. it feels more natural to me and as an adult i demand the teacher i am paying conform to me rather than the other way 'round
Is there a reason why the violin must be strung "backwards" to play left handed? Why couldn't one lift their elbow for the E string and lower it for the G string?
but sir,do you have tutorial videos about how to play violin with left hand?
So glad I watched this, have to learn to play left hand violin with my right hand! Have trigger finger in my left index finger and new right hand violin will be delivered tomorrow!! I'm ambidextrous so think it will be ok😁🤣
I'm left handed. But my left hand the wrist and mt thumb are a problem. but I can hold the bow in my left hand to hold the bow. And I can hold the violin in my right hand
My parents are really against me playing left handed but that's what feels natural but I am, however, right handed. My mothers reason is that in orchestras you don't see anyone playing left handed. I just want to play for fun. I tried to play guitar right handed and it was terrible but when I played left it was so easy. My left hand doesn't move as fast when fingering (I think its because I play trumpet). Should I play left handed? If so, how do I convince my parents to let me play lefty?
Thank you! As you can see from my pic I play a left handed violin. I'm right handed but have an injury in my left that makes it impossible to play "right".
He is so kind to give tips how to covert the right handed violin to left handed
At 4;48/8;23 the rt short pinky and neighbour 3rd finger are disadvantaged in
reaching with ease acros the un reconfigured strings to reach high on the E
and the rt thumb will not give the same anchor at the neck -
Its obvios the whoe of srting playing is about mirror image symetry
which includes strings -the most inportant element!
Thanks so much for this wonderful post. This is truly encouraging and extremely helpful. Nearly 20 yrs ago I wanted to start playing the violin and the teacher said its not possible for him to teach left handed and had never even encountered someone who wished to do so. Sadly I had to put it off. Im going to give it another shot. Thanks Ryan. Thanks so much. Im a tennis pro and help people both right and left. Imagine telling a golfer ...no you cannot play left handed because there arent any clubs made that way.. Thx Ryan.
imagine telling jimi hendrix and paul mcartney to learn to play right handed. Would they be as spectacular as they are?
Thanks so much for this video, Ryan. I've been wanting to take up the violin for a long time, but definitely hesitated after doing some research and discovering a lot of the hostility and pretentiousness of the righty-dominated string world. I'll be buying your book- can't wait to learn from a Southpaw supporter. Too bad you're not in Cali... Know anyone in the San Diego region that might actually be willing to teach a lefty?
When we play the violin, we use both hands. We train both hands, so what is the purpose of a left handed violin?
+Black Knight Most of the emphasis is made with your bow hand. the difference in dexterity playing is not an issue with the fingers typically (unless injured) it is a dexterity difference between the elbows shoulders and wrists. a lefty wont have near as much issue fingering opposite as he will bowing properly. since the bow hand creates the speed, sound, and emphasis, it is a major learning curve
Also, research shows that rhythm is controlled by the dominant side of the brain. It's an issue for most instruments.
Dee Broughton that's why I gave up playing oud, couldn't learn how to control rhythms. Can get the tunes easily by hearing it, but the rhythm never
ask yourself why not use your hands either way. If this was a lefthanded dominated world what then. Golfers, Cricketers, Guitarist, footballers and Tennis players who are lefthanded they use their lefthand, if you are Right handed try writing your name efficiently with your left hand
I have a weak wrist for my right hand and so it hurts while playing. Because of this video I now know I can use my right handed violin left handedly, thank you. :)
Thank you! Started with a righty fiddle 12 years ago. I loved it, but it was awkward and never felt rig--I mean, comfortable. Always thought it was funny when someone said that right-brain dominant lefties made better musicians, even though most instruments are configured for the right hand. Thanks for leveling the playing field!
Also, bless you sir for validating my hopes that somewhere in the world there are people who play right handed fiddles left handed. And they're Scotts for cryin' out loud! Scottish fiddling was my plan all along and fits with my musical education. I think I'm going to check out your book.
Thanks so much for this video. I'm left handed and I going to be learning how to the violin soon. My friend plays and is right handed and showed me how to hold it. I did not feel comfortable because Im a lefty. I ask if I can play left handed she said no because then every thing would be backwards and wouldn't make any sense. Im going to play left handed any way because if I can show others that I can play a violin backwards then you can do anything you set your mind too. Thanks again for the video. If anyone has advice for a 15 year old beginner violinist who is left hand plz message me or reply :)
Jimmy Hendrix did it, why can't we??
LOL!!!
i have been playing right handed viola for 5 years, but i'm a left handed, and people said there were no such thing as left handed violins, but i knew there had to be something!!! ;PPP
I've tried to pick up the violin for years since my grandfather passed away and left his to me, but I was never able to make a breakthrough until I found an app for the iphone that simulates the fingerboard and produces notes. I practiced until I could read my bagpipe sheet music while fingering the strings with my left hand, and then when I tried the real violin I was immediately more comfortable fingering with my RIGHT hand, and could still play. Well I could remember the notes anyway.
@4stringjoe oh yes. im sorry for making such a dumb mistake. I have been having some crazy days... well yeah,i do hold the bow with my left hand and the violin with my right hand.
I'm a true left hander and I own a left handed violin I'm learning to play with..sad thing is when your left handed you dont have a lot of cool options to choose from..also you won't find any old violins with that fine tone that are left handed... I hate when music stores ask me or tell me to learn to play right handed just to make a sale on a right handed instrument they want to get rid of...I'm Interested in converting one as the guy in the video mentioned... great video the man can play ambidextrous.. very skilled..
I found a true lefty violin that was made in 1787 I believe. And it was a true lefty so they do exist but they are rare and finding one in the U.S. is like finding a needle in a haystack. I suspect you'll find a random one, three, or twenty in Italy and a few others throughout Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, etc.
I can see a problem when playing in a orchestra, when the bows are going in different directions. (Example - When someone who writes with their right hand sits on the left, and the other who writes with their left hand sits on the right, their elbows would keep hitting each other.)
Hi Ryan , I thought you had a mishap and had to switch to lefty playing. Ashley McIssac plays lefty but on a right handed fiddle. You had to go and do both a true ambidextrous,
Many permutations trully. Good show don't mind if I poke some fun into your playing, you good , you.
I'm left handed. But if I wanted to start playing violin, should I play left handed or shouldn't I? Since violin playing requieres both hands, I think that if I played right handed, I would be easier for me to finger, whereas if I played left handed, It would be easier to bow.Is any of the 2 diferent parts considered much more difficult than the other, so that it's best to use your "good hand" to do it? Or it just doesn't matter?I say this because it's much easier to find a right handed violin.
I'm starting violin. I bought a right handed violin back in the eighth grade, really without any knowledge, only to discover I'm left handed. I write with my left hand anyway. I've tried playing right handed, and it just feels terrible. I'm much more comfortable bowing with my left hand. Do you have any tips?
I have a right violin and felt uncomfortable.
I bought a left-hand violin and it feels more natural.
The worst is getting a shoulder rest that fits you
Hello I am looking into learning violin.. I play Guitar, Bass, drums, alto sax, and learning piano also. I am right handed but if I get a Left-handed violin, would it be like playing bass? With the E at the top nearest me. And G farthest from me?
@Xyrenus It's rare to see a lefty in an orchestra because they like their uniformity. If you really want to be in an orchestra, the easiest way will be to play righty, but I think I remember mention of string quartets and an orchestra or two allowing a lefty to play lefty.As for finding a lefty violin, I bought mine from violinslover(dot)com.they're Gligas and seem to have okay to good reviews. The more expensive, the fewer factory direct problems. I have a student one with no problems though.
THANK YOU🙏🏽 I was told I was playing it wrong but it just FEELS natural to bow left handed😑
very good vid and i was born left handed but as for me im more comphertable with my left on the strings and my wright on the bow
Any right handed people have experience playing a lefty violin? My son, who is right handed, has been wanting to learn the violin, but was born with a deformity of his left pinkie finger (the tip of his finger doesn't have a pad and can't bend well). This dream of his has been 5 years running and he still hasn't given up on it, so we're looking into L-hand violins. I'm wondering if he'll always be a bit limited by his right handedness, or if it will all just click after a while?
in my case i always thought I'm left handed but recently I'm thinking that maybe I'm mix handed, coz mainly my dominant hand is left (write with left) but there are things that i can do with my RIGHT that i cannot with my left (e.g crochet and dribbling ball)... however mostly i use my left.
In our culture we should eat with our right hand, I'm trained to do that since I'm was little but sometimes i still struggle when i use the spoon to eat or sth.
So many thank Ryan it is a great video
I'm lefty/ambidextrous, and play violin righty, in part because that's just how i learned, and lefty violins are just so rare (not bad, of course, just rare). Plus I would think I would bump peg heads with my stand partner in orchestra lol. I do play guitar lefty tho, even that's relatively rare but still far more common than lefty violins. I know u disagree, but I DO think there's an advantage to a lefty having the lh on the fretboard. It helps in my case anyway =)
you can get a lefty violin from thomann for a few 100 bux,and lefty guitars are common there just isnt much variety
also no there is no advantage not using your dominant hand,you have been lied to or just deluded,you will never be as good as using your dominant hand,if playin like you said had an advantage you would see righties playing left handed yet you never do....
I found one decent left handed violin to learn on yrs ago. After a few yrs I needed better sound quality and looked around, everybody told me they don’t make one for lefties and to switch over. So I decided to look for custom made ones but the prices were way too much, I ended up settling on a right hand NS Wav 5 and playing it as a left hand violin, kinda tricky but I got the hang of it, sure beats starting over from square one playing as a righty lol
They exist. Gliga makes some beautiful instruments from beginner to advanced. And after that, you need to take a trip to Europe because they are way ahead of us Americans. In fact, Gliga is a small violin maker in Romania. And there are more as well. A few violin luthiers in Switzerland who make lefties. But most violin stores are prejudice against us and they simply won't carry them.
thomann makes affordable leftys now
I looked on Amazon for your book, and prices range from $100-$130! ACK!
@FaeryRibbon I am the exact opposite. i never played violin, but im looking into it. i play guitar, and im left handed. i play lefty because all the power is in my left hand, for struming, and both my hands have equal motor skills, so it was more comfortable on a lefty set up. i have picked up violins, and there is no way in hell i could play a right handed one.
Unless you played in an orchestra with high school teenagers who may or may not be sitting a little too close. ( we sometimes poke each other with the bow by accident) Or maybe I just played with a group that's a little bit hyper. .
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Advocate for cellos, too!
I'm very happy to have found this video, as I am interested in learning, but feel as though my right hand would simply lack the dexterity required. I'm interested in reading your conversion instructions!
I'm actually looking to find a good left handed Violin, but when I called a local Violin distributor and asked about a left handed Violin, the woman kind of scoffed at me. Like I had the nerve to ask about a left handed Violin. When I asked about them, she said that left handed Violins weren't used, and that they couldn't be used in an orchestra because the conductor can't conduct properly when he moves right and someone moves left due to a left Violin.I was just curious to know if that was true
I'm mix-handed, meaning I'm only right-handed in some things (crochet, guns), and only left-handed with others (writing, bows). Unfortunately string instruments are also a left-handed thing for me. I say unfortunately because there's no books or lessons online I can find. My left-handed violin even came with lesson plans for right-handed people... Do I have to pay some specialist just to learn??
No problem. Just get in touch with me through the email address on my web site. There is a link to my web site in the information section of this video. I have books and instruction videos for left handed playing. I also teach lessons online to both left handed playing students and right handed playing students. Ryan
so I play viola, and I'm left-handed, but have a right-handed viola and I don't think I play badly, and I have been playing for about 9 months on it...but do you think i should look intot a left-handed viola since I am left-handed? I figured I'd ask, since I started on the right, and don't really know if I should continue or switch...
Hey Ryan, if you are on facebook, come and join us. Southpaw Violins, Viola and Cello.
im left handed trying to learn on a regular violin
You're not alone
Brandon Wilson Ok. I'm left handed. Can I learn with right violin ?
You can but us o violinists do have to learn how to do certain things such as playing extremely high notes on the e string. But it's quite possible that is if you don't give up easily. But to tell you the truth currently being a o violin player isn't for the faint of heart in my opinion. And also remember you can switch the bridge and strings around on your right handed instrument. But people say the tone would be different unless the insides I.e. The base bar and sound post are switched around to the opposite sides of the instrument. But who knows you might like the sound of your instrument with just the strings switched around. So you pretty much have two options listed here. The third of course if you're not feeling it is that you can by a normal L (left handed) violin 😅.
Im in this team folks
also, as far as the chinrest and stringing goes, it just feels better to leave it right handed and rest the instrument on my right shoulder rather than my clavicle, and learn the fingering in the opposite direction but on the wrong side. that is how i prefer to play.
i wish i could find an informal teacher who has a lesser focus on possible long term "form" and "technique" mistakes and could just teach me to play a measure with appropriate feedback - lefties do not frequently do well in strings
I'm left-handed and have been playing right-handed. Will I probably play better if I get a left-handed violin??
Thank you so much for all of your help :)
@Xyrenus
It would be much eaisier for you to play right handed for future reasons. If you plan on going into any orchestras they probably wont accept you because of the bow direction it makes it look like your playing the wrong way so i would not recomemnd playing with a left handed violin.
thanx I ll do that. You know I write with my right hand, I play soccer with my right leg but for some reason for musical intruments Im left handed. I cannot play guitar as a right handed, my hability is an left handed. Same happens with pool, I play as left handed. Is quite weird.
Bless you Ryan for addressing the fact that being left handed is not abnormal. I play left handed banjo and left handed guitar both and will be buying your materials and my first left handed fiddle. It is true that most “music teachers” are right handed and they truly don’t get that left handers think in a different process, nor do they care. Don’t waste your time or money with them. I see being left handed as being special. There is little special about right handers.... there are millions of them... not so with us. If any of you left handers that want to discuss this further you can text me at 480 797 4992. Barry Smith.
can you please recommend some good left handed violins?
Hi Ryan. I have a question. you might have explained it in the video but I do not think I fully understood. I want to use my parents right handed violin but im left handed so my parents said convert it to a lefty I went to the music shop and they said i have to buy a new Scroll for it with which would cost a lot of money. so in the video you had a right handed converted to a lefty. am i able to turn this violin to a lefty without switching the neck (Scroll) or am i sol
Thank you so so much this was so helpful 💟
well i was able to learn i find videos and write out the music and play it
Thanks
I am a left handed but I play classical violin as a left-handed , for seven years now. Once or twice a year I have a sort of crisis and think that I cannot go further on my development because of playing in an antinatural way. . .
can any lefty playing righty prove that it is possible to reach a good level, high expressional level this way? any info about proffessional violinist or video response will be very appreciated! cheers to all!
err yes? leftys literally create many modern genres of music such as hendrix and tony iommi and kurt cobain
there is nothing a righty can do that a lefty cannot
Important question: can you fit normal shoulder rests on left handed violins?
there are left handed shoulder rests
ahk thanks, are there any consumer student brands that make left hand violins or would i have to get one made by a luthier?
Thank you thank you
I'm left handed but I'm playing right handed on a right handed violin. I'd actually like to try a left handed violin but is it hard to get used to it after playing right handed for years?
It's very difficult to find many varieties of lefthanded violin shoulder rest and. Chin rest to buy, any information
I've been playing the guitar "upside down" or "sinverted" for a couple of years now. I mean, it's a right handed guitar, but I play it left handed. It's nice to know I could do the same thing with the violin if I decided to take it up.
Are there some violins with the standard string arrangement, but with the chin rest on the opposite side?
Where would one buy a left handed violin?
Liked your video! I have an old right-handed violin that I simply want to restring left-handed - not switch out post and bass board. Will it ruin the tone? I gave up playing the violin 20 years ago because I am left-handed. I want to restart practicing.
thank you for sharing this information. :)
I have a question though: will it be harder for me to play violin as left handed if my right hand is the dominant one? I know it might sound very stupid to ask this but thank you in advance for your response. :)
Well for me,it's a no because I've been using my left hand sing grade 7 so..it should be possible to play with your non-dominant hand(sorry for my English)
Thank you for clearing that up. My granddaughter is very keen on violin but is strongly left-handed. She is 8 years old. Can I buy a left-handed violin or must I convert one?
GUYS, can you help me, Im left handed for the guitar but my violin teacher suggested that I learn to play violin as a right handed. I know by playing guitar that my hability is as left handed so whta should I do?
Hello Ryan! I am left handed and i play the violin holding the bow with my right hand. I am in my first year of high school and when i graduate i plan to go to a music school but everyone that sees me holding the violin the opposite way tells me that i won't get accepted into a good orchestra because of the symmetry. should i start putting my hopes down of being a left handed violinist on a orchestra? please reply! this is very important to me!!
As a follow up - her teacher at school will not teach left-handed. But now I know and if she finds it too awkward righty, we'll find a private violin teacher.
I applaud your creativity and genius, 4stringjoe. Bravo! Thanks for this fascinating demonstration and your observations. Vive la difference and having choices! :D
Hi Ryan, your video was wery helpful, but i have a question:
I've been playing guitar and electric bass like 2 years/3 years, i'm left handed and have a lefty guitar and a lefty bass and i want to get a new violin, so, What would be the best option for me?? to get a new left handed violin and play it left handed, get a right handed violin and change the strings or learn to play a right handed violin, right handed?
Thank You
Loved it sir❤
What about people that use both hands?
I am left handed and life is hard when they make every thing for right handed people.
and things made for lefty cost to much and/or stores are to far and you have to order of line. People need to stop catering to right handed people. oh yeah then people want to look at you crazy because you are a lefty or do not want to help you or go some were else we do not teach left handed people .
Thank you so much this helped me a lot! :)
what would you suggest for an ambidextrous person who has restricted moment in the right hand?
I also play right haned violin left handed and im proud of it
I'm left-handed, but I play right-handed. I find it heaps easier because all of the complicated little finger positions are performed by the left hand. I was taught by my violin teacher that left-handed people are better adapted to playing because of this. :\
Why, therefore, is everyone so upset that they're not able (for whatever reason) to play left-handed? I thought that left-handed people were at an advantage.
its bs cause your weaker arm is doing the bowing cancelling out the benefit of fretting with your left,if they was telling the truth you would see righties training with their left to get a edge but you never do...
its basically a lie and cope,righties hate giving any freedom to lefties,they see us as freaks,literally persecution but we dont have billions being spent to advocate for us.
Any piano for lefties?
And as a lefty I turn de accordion upside down to play it.
I can't remember the name but there's a company that sells electronic keyboards wired to play lefty. There has also been a full sized lefty grand piano built for a pro touring classical pianist who switched from righty playing to left handed.
So weird
Pixel graphics but smooth movement
Sorry about that. Its because the video was posted 10 years ago at a fairly low resolution, normal for that time, so movement is smooth. However the positive message from the video is still current today.
Yeah I can understand that
@4stringjoe lol. it's only like 5-6 months! haha!.
I want to try it one time, if I can find someone to convert my violin. I don't want to buy a new one. Plus I looked for it before and couldn't find any as well. so.. >.>
lol.
Where's part 2? This says part one but I can'f find part 2.
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@@4stringjoe Thanks. I found it a day after I asked but forgot to delete my original question. Thanks anyway. :)
i play cello not violin, but the principle is the same as with the violin.
I often have problems with my bow hand (right), being not as good as even people played way less than me. It tends to cramp and my strokes are not as on point as I'd wish to. Pizzicato is also more difficult since I'm so clumsy with my right.
it's a bit frustrating, since even if I play correctly, it just doesn't sound as great as it could since my bow control sucks.
do you think it's worth trying to switch to a lefthanded playing, i.e. buying a second instrument with mirrored set-up?
does it go faster to "relearn" playing after switching sides?
Let us know if you do. I suspect it would not be very difficult to switch. I find mirroring very easy as a left-handed guitarist. Good luck.
aweosme video an good skils to play on both sides mister heheh tyvm for this upload :)
Can
Restring a right handed violin to left handed please sir guide me?
Does it work or not?
It does not work because of the internal structure of the violin
ruclips.net/video/mx9m6NUJMKc/видео.html i suggest you watch that.
I am cross handed but purely left eyed (which means for me impossible to see the fret right handed), but to find good violin for left hander in Indonesia is next to Impossible....:(
Don't look at your hand.
Its all gotta be about chicken and egg evolution of bowed viols.Braccia and Gamba JS Bachs [and earlier old baroque bow for chords superceded by the modern spring bow executing louder chords from modern instruments from the bass upwards and the similar human body symetry to these instruments
But primarily when the left hand with instrument supinates up to the left shoulder -the pinky[with 3rd neighbour ] has to easily access the E and A strings close by and thwe l thumb acts as a flexi hook on the neck as a tactile guide otherwise they would be disadvantaged if the G was nearest would they not?!,This is obvious for 500 yrs [same principle with Cello and DBass]
So why would anyone think of playing left handed on a right hand strung instrument -Yes there may be virtuoso lefties there in bluegrass,ethnic music
etc -playing thus but can wee see hear them in JS Bachs violin music or the Brahms concerto?
I believe guitar chords are accessed by some " laftie player on a right strung instrument" but fretted fingerboards are another different context completely.
If they did manage toget to classical music would the down strokes
be reversed I wonder?
Major changing the violins innards, soundpost and bass bar and fingerboard and bridge curvatures are for the sonority of the box to be maintained
[including the pegbox ] so not changing the strings to the mirror image of a right strumg instrument wouls be throwing the baby out with the bathwater!
The easy answer to all this is ask -whats made it all work for 1/2 a millenium and more to a modern peak of acoustic perfection?
Outer Symmetry .
you want a teacher who plays right handed so when they play facing you everything they do is mirrored, as for fully left handed violins? your looking at quite a few hundred pounds to make all the necessary changes. and expect some questioning and judgement from your local violin shop if you make this request. regardless i have a totally custom left handed violin and although its practically impossible for me to play within an orchestra i still enjoy studying the instrument with my friends that play. look into it before you do it. if you pick up a right handed violin the left handed way and are more able to finger a few notes and project a consistant sound. then consider a left handed violin.
No, it's not practically impossible. There are lefty violinists in concert orchestras. They just go on the end seat and it's pulled out a few inches away from the person next to you. It can be done and it is being done. So don't let b.s. that people keep stating on the internet prevent you from playing in an orchestra if this is your dream. Even if it's just a small, local orchestra, you can do it.
@4stringjoe So it is possible for me to be successful in a music career even though i am lefty. thanks a lot! this video has really encouraged me to try my best. in the future i am sure i will have difficulties being in a orquestra while playing the violin the opposite way but i will try always my best! thanks!
can i just buy a right handed violin and restring it?