Left or right?

goose wrote: fingerpicking?

damn how could I forget that

Wow, there are lots of left-handed people here. How bizarre.

maani wrote: There is an old saying: "If the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handed people are in their right minds." Chalk one up for another southpaw...me. Peace. + For example, I play guitar and drums "right-handed" (i.e., the drums set up for a right-handed person, the guitar strings in standard position, with the neck to my left), and my right hand is "stronger" on piano.  However, I cannot do any of the four things listed above with my right hand.  Thus, I am not ambidextrous, though some might think so watching me play drums or guitar.

It was also told to me that therefore creativity with lefthanded people are higher, the time to co-ordinate the left hand is faster (yeah.. really.. uuhm .. sounds really stupid  )

I also play righthanded guitar, and in my case.. I have HUGE advantages of that, because the right-hand work of hitting the strings cost far less strenght and agility then the left hand (in my case at least), and yeah I also play without plectrum, can't get the right word for it...

My best friend, all three ex-girlfriends and half of the gang in school are left-handed. I was ambidextrious when I was liitle, but I've lost the capacity because of lack of exercise

I, too, play guitar/cello right handed. That only means that my fretboard-
hand is better, which is far from a disadvantage.

These statistics are turning out to be remarkable. I don't know if this
proves that prog is intelligent music or that left-handers are smarter.
Probably both

I'm 100% right handed and I've got an IQ of aprox> 160, but still I'mn a dumb arse. Does this mean that my rightiousness overwhelmes my enormous intellectual powers and leaves me with nothing more than left winged ideals?

 

I trully am stupid

maani wrote: There is an old saying: "If the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handed people are in their right minds." Chalk one up for another southpaw...me. Peace.

Never heard that one before.

As an aside, the word "ambidextrous" is somewhat misleading.  To be trult ambidextrous, you must be able to do the following five things equally well with both hands:

-use a fork, knife and soupspoon
-throw a ball
-hit a baseball (i.e., switch-hit) and/or play tennis and/or golf
-arm wrestle

As you see, the first has to do with dexterity, the next two have to do with sports, and the last has to do with strength.

For example, I play guitar and drums "right-handed" (i.e., the drums set up for a right-handed person, the guitar strings in standard position, with the neck to my left), and my right hand is "stronger" on piano.  However, I cannot do any of the four things listed above with my right hand.  Thus, I am not ambidextrous, though some might think so watching me play drums or guitar.

Peace.

neither...I'm maladroit, equally clumsy with both hands.

Futrurama fans- I have what Fry's holophoner teacher described as "stupid fingers".

but I guess I favor my clumsy right more than my clumsy left, so there you go.

Lefthanded.. I've done some IQ tests because some teachers demanded from me, they had an impression (it wasn't a joke.. I passed the test) that I was "Highly gifted" (don't know the exact translation.. hoogbegaafd in dutch) 

there was also a thing with being dyslectic and creativity, of the combination of being lefthanded and dyslectic (I am also dyslectic) is said that it is an plus, plus story. I hope it does.. Got a lot to learn though!

Edited by Radioactive Toy