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I'm very right-handed, and have always wondered about this. I have identical twin sons who are very ambiguous in hand choice (Mom is ultra-left handed dominant). One bats right-handed and throws left-handed, the other bats left-handed and throws right handed. The throwing arm corresponds to how they write. The righty thrower/writer took to piano right away and even taught himself standard notation. To the lefty, it is all mysterious. I can't say how they want to hold a guitar - neither one of them had a moments interest.

Well! I just had a chance to augment the info here. The lefty-writing son is home for a few days, and I asked him to hold the guitar and pretend how he would want to hold it if he were playing. Didn't make any difference if strung correctly or upside down as he has no clue how to play. After trying it both ways a few times, he said that, basically as an ergonomic choice, he wanted to play it lefty. The strumming hand was everything.

And, further, I was totally wrong about the piano. It was the lefty who played right away and taught himself how to read music.

Isn't it cool having identicals with this ambiguity? It's like mirror images. I have always been intrigued by this.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

It may not even make any difference. I've played piano for many years and many classical works demand just as much from the lh as the rh. Normally, my lh does not feel coordinated, but on piano it is just as capable as the right!
Mike