WOW it is so nice to hear someone talk about being a lefty. I am just beginning but I already know playing with my left hand, which is my dominant hand is where I feel most comfortable..And if the world doesn't like it, they will... Again thank you for this great message. You have earned another subscriber. I'll also look into you academy because there are so many "instructors" I need to find just one that resonates with my spirit...
My daughter started the Viola and is left handed learning to play right handed because all of her friends do. She just started but is picking it up quickly. I looked around online and saw some people saying lefties have an advantage using a right handed viola. No clue which path to send her on
I am a beginner, left-hand, disabled violin player. Got my left-hand violin online and its a Cecilio brand. Absolutely beautiful instrument. Very shiny too. Came with 2 bowes a tuner, cloth and rosin. I learned some songs on your UA-cam videos too.! Now I'm learning Christmas songs. I also play my own songs which I must admit are a lot easier to do. Don't know why! Lol. Thanks to your very friendly attitude im able and more confident to learn 😌 Donna
I played the violin for 8 years as a right handed violinist. I have a hereditary disease that effects my nerves and has caused my left hand to close from the middle finger to pinky. It's a pretty tight contracture so there is no way now unfortunately to open my fingers and give range through the strings. This forces me to learn on the left if I will continue. I am looking to purchase left handed violins. I found a beautiful black matt but I don't know if it's sold left handed. I will probably need to remove the rest and install a left chin rest. I've never done that but I am confident I can do all of this. It's important to me. Something I've loved and missed doing. It's been 26 yrs since I've touched a violin but no better time in my opinion. Its good to know I'm not alone in this. Good for you Donna. You are amazing and I'm sure you will be a wonderful violinist with time and practice. Don't give up. God bless you.
I think the ability to hold your finger down on the notes while writing with the right hand to add fingerings classified it as right-handed. While left-handers has to place the instrument down and write evey single time . In the classical guitar space rotation is equally acceptable. I am interested in the cello as an adult but the sitring tuning always gives me a head ache as I think it should be on the next directions. I may have to play it on the reverse shoulder or get a left handed one, . Have you ever see. A left handed cellist?
I am left handed but I am ambidextrous. I just started. I got a right handed violin and naturally started using my left hand. 😆 I realized I had so much to learn and got a teacher asap.
It is lovely and refreshing to have someone give a fair minded talk regarding leftys! Inspiring! I have faced ridicule and discrimination from (mostly) the classicists like ‘there is no such thing as a left handed violin!’ and ‘don’t be stupid, grow up!’ And I was laughed at one music shop when I asked about a left handed instrument. I think for an adult learner, right handed is much harder for a lefty than for a child. I have been playing left handed guitars for 50yrs, a right handed violin would be too much of a challenge, it is after all a very difficult instrument to learn anyway! Finding one is difficult, but they do exist. I have a Gliga from Romania, a lovely instrument for the money. I now play folk, also an ‘indie’ band and in ensemble with cello and viola. I love it! I am a firm believer in inclusivity, not exclusivity. Thank you for this video, we need more open minded people like you! ;))
I am glad my video helped you feel inclusive. It is a shame the stigma that is placed on lefties. Good luck playing the violin the way you feel most comfortable. Thank you for sharing your experience. 😃
What a useful video - as was the one on rosin. I am a complete and total lefty who played guitar and mandolin semi-professionally for many years in a ceilidh band. I also tried, reasonably successfully, to learn some folk fiddle on an old violin someone gave me on permanent loan. Initially I thought I should wean myself off left handed playing, but it was a total disaster: bow flying all over the place, fingers everywhere and a most dreadful noise being made. So, I turned the bridge, re-strung the instrument and tried again. Notwithstanding the now incorrectly placed internals it didn’t sound too bad and I went on to play it for several years until the band split up due to age and infirmity. We recently decided to get back together and play just for fun, so after a long sleep the violin has come out of its case once more - along with the mandolin and the old guitar. Lovely!
I think the ability to hold your finger down on the notes while writing with the right hand to add fingerings classified it as right-handed. While left-handers has to place the instrument down and write evey single time . In the classical guitar space rotation is equally acceptable. I am interested in the cello as an adult but the sitring tuning always gives me a head ache as I think it should be on the next directions. I may have to play it on the reverse shoulder or get a left handed one, . Have you ever see. A left handed cellist?
I'm left handed and my father made violins as a hobby for about 30 years. He made a left handed violin for me. Recently I've regained an interest in learning to play. Your point about most tutorials etc. being right handed does present a problem for me. Like you said having to think backwards. Perhaps I'll use one of the right handed violins he made for a while and see. I'll let you know what happens. By the way my father died recently but he did make around 25 complete instruments and 3 that are 80%. All are beautiful and several have intense sound vibrations. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry to hear that your father died recently. I hope you enjoy playing the violin. Good luck whether you pick the left-handed or the right-handed :)
Thanks for your video. A friend of mine who teaches violin says the left-handed ones are gimmicks. I don't have a violin yet. But just holding positions with my arms and hands. The position with the "violin" over my right shoulder feels most comfortable and natural.
Left handed, playing a right handed instrument on my left shoulder. Like Ashley MacIsaac and Katrina Nikoleyef ❣️ 6 years in and loving old time fiddle music 🎶😊
hi there, also for all lefties there :) i am left handed i play classical guitar and oud as an amateur. my both instruments are converted to the left hand usage. i do not know violin but from my perspective of view using right handed instrument is simply uncomfortable. i think if any left handed person tries right handed instrument he will not have any music vibrant or lets say joy of it and i believe if not having feeling of it not worth for playing any instrument. if i would play violin i would completely convert it to the left handed all of it from beginning and then start with it no matter what it coast. teacher or tradition does not matter a bit. bcs as i know first rule when play an instrument person has to be in a very comfortable position for posture , energy saving , joy of playin etc. we are unorthodox about using not only our hands but also our brain. its the beauty of it. himm violin seems also kind of seductive should i think about to learn it? :)) thank you for informing video by the way. cheers
i am a beginner who’s right handed, but plays a left handed violin due to an injury. i got my violin from fiddlershop. thankfully, my teacher is super open minded and was willing to still teach me. i find the fingerings a LOT easier with my right hand.
Left handed playing right handed. My hands are actually quite confusing. When I have to use both hands like a music instrument and knife and fork, knitting needles for example I use everything right handed but when only one hand required like a pen for example and a spoon I use left hand. My hands are not ambidextrous just weird.
i made the strange choice to flip around the bridge and the strings on a right handed violin when i first got it as a gift, which i know is not a good idea because a violin is not actually mirrored, but ive already grown too comfortable to it to switch back. when i first picked up the violin i also put it on my right shoulder and felt much more comfortable holding the bow with my left hand than the other way around. i also struggle with holding the violin up on my left shoulder for some reason and it slips alot (i play without a shoulder rest)
@@Violinspiration to be honest i have when i first picked it up and i just kinda dropped it because i was having trouble unwinding and winding the cheap shoulder rest. since then i havent really considered it, but ill definetly make sure to try it out :)
I am Left handed.. It would or i think it would, Quote 'Look out of sink' only in the mirror image form. Surely if one can play "in sink" with sound, how does this matter with people who are looking at it?.
Super interesting topic, one I've thought about a lot as a left-handed professional violist/violinist! I've always played "right handed" instruments, and I've never had any difficulties. In fact, I feel like I have an upper hand since I have more fine motor skills with my left hand. One thing to consider, though, is that I started learning piano about 2 years before starting the violin. I was still a beginner pianist when I started violin, but that also helped build finger dexterity in both hands. Again, super interesting topic, and I'd love to learn more about it!
Oh and one other thing, I cut with scissors and hold baseball bats right handed. I'll usually try different activities with both hands, and just use whichever feels the most comfortable.
I am a bit unique case. For most things I am right handed. But with things like sports I can do either side or left is more dominate. However when it come to guitar playing I am a lefty... So when I wanted to learn Violin my instructor insisted I play right. It was uncomfortable but I managed. I really did want to try at least a lefty as after year of playing guitar I had more finger dexterity and callouses on my right and and felt it would make things easier. It is tough being a lefty in music.
I play a lefty violin because I have already been playing a lefty guitar. I see some people saying that it makes it harder for your teachers, but I find the opposite true. If you are a lefty, your teacher is the exact mirror image of you, making copying her or him easier. Other than that it's pretty much the same. I understand that teachers might have a personal problem with that. I was the first lefty for most if not all my teachers and it never posed a problem for them. They might forget that my bowing hand is the left hand when they speak, but that is all. I also disagree that lefties have an advantage with fingering on a right handed instrument. If that was true, right handed people would play left handed violins. My suggestion: if you will not be a professional and also if you already play another lefty instrument, go with a lefty violin.
So,why do right handed violinists play right handed, meaning they use their right hand ( the dominant hand to bow with)The bowings requires much more varied movements than the hand which fingers notes on the fingerboard.
Southpaw adult learner here. To be honest, when I started out a left-handed instrument didn't seem to be a realistic option for various reasons: - I started out on a bit of a whim at the start of lockdown so with a pretty cheap student level, ex-rental instrument. They're all right-handed. - I was (and am) learning via Zoom lessons which brings its own challenges. Layering on everything being the other way round is asking a lot of any teacher. - There's a lot to get to grips with when you start (I had zero previous music theory experience, for example) and all of the easily available learning materials on finger positions etc assume you're playing right-handed. Brain space to work out which things you'd have to reverse and how felt like it could be better used elsewhere. I'm now a bit further on and feeling very pleased with my new violin (it's from Mittenwald, don't you know) and it feels like the die is cast. I can't see a point at which flipping and probably taking a significant step back would now seem appealing? (Also, I already slightly hero worshipped Nicola Benedetti. If possible, I now think even more highly of her).
I think the ability to hold your finger down on the notes while writing with the right hand to add fingerings classified it as right-handed. While left-handers has to place the instrument down and write evey single time . In the classical guitar space rotation is equally acceptable. I am interested in the cello as an adult but the sitring tuning always gives me a head ache as I think it should be on the next directions. I may have to play it on the reverse shoulder or get a left handed one, . Have you ever see. A left handed cellist?
We think it’s wrong that most professional orchestras won’t take lefty players and it’s so sad that teachers often refuse to teach their students left-handed because of this stupid old and wrong argument. Also the seating in orchestras with right-handed and left-handed players is not a problem. All of the left-handed playing violinists, violists, cellists and bassists we interviewed on ‚Linksgespielt‘ confirm that! Repeating the old stereotypes over and over won’t make anything better. Also, if more teachers will allow their lefty students (that feel uncomfortable playing the conventional way) to play left-handed, there will soon be more high quality lefty instruments to choose from. Apart from that: Thank you so much for raising this issue and discussing it from different perspectives! Your video is a real enrichment to this discussion.
I play on left hand-handed guitar for 20 years and on right-handed violin for 2 years. Story: When my 7y daughter wanted to play on violin I decided to teach hear. I bought a right hand violin for me in my 40. Fingering was quite easy to learn for me because for left hand it was as quite natural. After 5 months I was able to play vibrato. But I needed to focus on improving my bowing hand. A good comparison is if a right-handed person brushes his teeth with a 60 cm toothbrush in his left hand.🪥🧹 For the first attempt it is almost impossible to hit a mouth not a specific tooth. But after systematic practicing bowing and bow holding there was fast progress. But still most of mistakes are made by bowing hand especially in fast passages I don’t hit a correct string or lose rhythm.
ua-cam.com/video/SGowRmFZR_U/v-deo.html The other thing to keep in mind is that Lefty Violins are common for those who have an Injury or some other Disability in their Left Hand, who still really wanna play.
Many music schools don't have a problem with lefty players. And there are examples of lefty playing orchestra members around the world in professional orchestras (in past and present). If you feel most comfortable playing left-handed as a lefty, just go your way!
Great video on the subject. "play what feels most comfortable to you" .. Great starting point,, But I do however wish, we'd in this day and age, would stop telling young people, who want to get into classical music ,that you MUST play a righty.. Strange when you consider tat lefties hae been widely accepted in both Jazz and Rock for almost 100 years now... One question I always ask; "Do you think that songs like "Yesterday" would ever have existed if some forced Paul McCartney to play " normal"? hmmm
I do folk music and have avoided any classical training because of the whole thing. I tried right handed and yeah, no. I can barely hold a spoon, but I can hold a bow . My sister just strung it up left handed.
Claire Zollinger is making the Lefty Violin very popular & she relearned the Violin Left Handed after an accident where some of her Fingers had to be removed from her left hand:ua-cam.com/video/lYyAc2RqSlw/v-deo.html
WOW it is so nice to hear someone talk about being a lefty. I am just beginning but I already know playing with my left hand, which is my dominant hand is where I feel most comfortable..And if the world doesn't like it, they will... Again thank you for this great message. You have earned another subscriber. I'll also look into you academy because there are so many "instructors" I need to find just one that resonates with my spirit...
My daughter started the Viola and is left handed learning to play right handed because all of her friends do. She just started but is picking it up quickly. I looked around online and saw some people saying lefties have an advantage using a right handed viola. No clue which path to send her on
I am a beginner, left-hand, disabled violin player. Got my left-hand violin online and its a Cecilio brand. Absolutely beautiful instrument. Very shiny too. Came with 2 bowes a tuner, cloth and rosin. I learned some songs on your UA-cam videos too.! Now I'm learning Christmas songs. I also play my own songs which I must admit are a lot easier to do. Don't know why! Lol. Thanks to your very friendly attitude im able and more confident to learn 😌 Donna
That is wonderful, Donna. Thanks for sharing.
I played the violin for 8 years as a right handed violinist. I have a hereditary disease that effects my nerves and has caused my left hand to close from the middle finger to pinky. It's a pretty tight contracture so there is no way now unfortunately to open my fingers and give range through the strings. This forces me to learn on the left if I will continue. I am looking to purchase left handed violins. I found a beautiful black matt but I don't know if it's sold left handed. I will probably need to remove the rest and install a left chin rest. I've never done that but I am confident I can do all of this. It's important to me. Something I've loved and missed doing. It's been 26 yrs since I've touched a violin but no better time in my opinion. Its good to know I'm not alone in this. Good for you Donna. You are amazing and I'm sure you will be a wonderful violinist with time and practice. Don't give up. God bless you.
I think the ability to hold your finger down on the notes while writing with the right hand to add fingerings classified it as right-handed. While left-handers has to place the instrument down and write evey single time . In the classical guitar space rotation is equally acceptable. I am interested in the cello as an adult but the sitring tuning always gives me a head ache as I think it should be on the next directions. I may have to play it on the reverse shoulder or get a left handed one, . Have you ever see. A left handed cellist?
I am left handed but I am ambidextrous. I just started. I got a right handed violin and naturally started using my left hand. 😆 I realized I had so much to learn and got a teacher asap.
That's awesome!
It is lovely and refreshing to have someone give a fair minded talk regarding leftys! Inspiring!
I have faced ridicule and discrimination from (mostly) the classicists like ‘there is no such thing as a left handed violin!’ and ‘don’t be stupid, grow up!’ And I was laughed at one music shop when I asked about a left handed instrument.
I think for an adult learner, right handed is much harder for a lefty than for a child. I have been playing left handed guitars for 50yrs, a right handed violin would be too much of a challenge, it is after all a very difficult instrument to learn anyway!
Finding one is difficult, but they do exist. I have a Gliga from Romania, a lovely instrument for the money. I now play folk, also an ‘indie’ band and in ensemble with cello and viola. I love it! I am a firm believer in inclusivity, not exclusivity. Thank you for this video, we need more open minded people like you! ;))
I am glad my video helped you feel inclusive. It is a shame the stigma that is placed on lefties. Good luck playing the violin the way you feel most comfortable. Thank you for sharing your experience. 😃
What a useful video - as was the one on rosin. I am a complete and total lefty who played guitar and mandolin semi-professionally for many years in a ceilidh band. I also tried, reasonably successfully, to learn some folk fiddle on an old violin someone gave me on permanent loan. Initially I thought I should wean myself off left handed playing, but it was a total disaster: bow flying all over the place, fingers everywhere and a most dreadful noise being made. So, I turned the bridge, re-strung the instrument and tried again. Notwithstanding the now incorrectly placed internals it didn’t sound too bad and I went on to play it for several years until the band split up due to age and infirmity. We recently decided to get back together and play just for fun, so after a long sleep the violin has come out of its case once more - along with the mandolin and the old guitar. Lovely!
What a wonderful story. I am happy your band got back together. I wish you the best of luck! Thanks for sharing.
I think the ability to hold your finger down on the notes while writing with the right hand to add fingerings classified it as right-handed. While left-handers has to place the instrument down and write evey single time . In the classical guitar space rotation is equally acceptable. I am interested in the cello as an adult but the sitring tuning always gives me a head ache as I think it should be on the next directions. I may have to play it on the reverse shoulder or get a left handed one, . Have you ever see. A left handed cellist?
I'm left handed and my father made violins as a hobby for about 30 years. He made a left handed violin for me. Recently I've regained an interest in learning to play. Your point about most tutorials etc. being right handed does present a problem for me. Like you said having to think backwards. Perhaps I'll use one of the right handed violins he made for a while and see. I'll let you know what happens. By the way my father died recently but he did make around 25 complete instruments and 3 that are 80%. All are beautiful and several have intense sound vibrations. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry to hear that your father died recently. I hope you enjoy playing the violin.
Good luck whether you pick the left-handed or the right-handed :)
You could download tutorials and mirror invert them in a video editing software. Problem solved! :)
Thanks for your video. A friend of mine who teaches violin says the left-handed ones are gimmicks. I don't have a violin yet. But just holding positions with my arms and hands. The position with the "violin" over my right shoulder feels most comfortable and natural.
That's great! I am glad you found a playing position you feel most comfortable in.
Left handed, playing a right handed instrument on my left shoulder. Like Ashley MacIsaac and Katrina Nikoleyef ❣️ 6 years in and loving old time fiddle music 🎶😊
wow!😃
hi there,
also for all lefties there :)
i am left handed
i play classical guitar and oud as an amateur. my both instruments are converted to the left hand usage. i do not know violin but from my perspective of view using right handed instrument is simply uncomfortable. i think if any left handed person tries right handed instrument he will not have any music vibrant or lets say joy of it and i believe if not having feeling of it not worth for playing any instrument.
if i would play violin i would completely convert it to the left handed all of it from beginning and then start with it no matter what it coast. teacher or tradition does not matter a bit. bcs as i know first rule when play an instrument person has to be in a very comfortable position for posture , energy saving , joy of playin etc.
we are unorthodox about using not only our hands but also our brain. its the beauty of it.
himm violin seems also kind of seductive should i think about to learn it? :))
thank you for informing video by the way.
cheers
You should indeed learn to play it. Good luck!😀
i am a beginner who’s right handed, but plays a left handed violin due to an injury. i got my violin from fiddlershop. thankfully, my teacher is super open minded and was willing to still teach me. i find the fingerings a LOT easier with my right hand.
What a great teacher. I am happy they are willing to help you. Best of luck with it.
Left handed playing right handed. My hands are actually quite confusing. When I have to use both hands like a music instrument and knife and fork, knitting needles for example I use everything right handed but when only one hand required like a pen for example and a spoon I use left hand. My hands are not ambidextrous just weird.
Wow, very interesting. Thanks for sharing!🥰
Lefty who was steered to learning with R-hand violin. I may have to find a lefty at least to try it.
Yes, indeed I hope you get to try one. Let us know how you like it if you do.
I agree with you , I can play both hands
i made the strange choice to flip around the bridge and the strings on a right handed violin when i first got it as a gift, which i know is not a good idea because a violin is not actually mirrored, but ive already grown too comfortable to it to switch back. when i first picked up the violin i also put it on my right shoulder and felt much more comfortable holding the bow with my left hand than the other way around. i also struggle with holding the violin up on my left shoulder for some reason and it slips alot (i play without a shoulder rest)
Wow, That is very interesting. Thanks so much for sharing. Have you tried using a shoulder rest? just curious.
@@Violinspiration to be honest i have when i first picked it up and i just kinda dropped it because i was having trouble unwinding and winding the cheap shoulder rest. since then i havent really considered it, but ill definetly make sure to try it out :)
Hi i have a question , Can you convert a right-handed violin to left-handed? Thankyou
Yes, but you have to take it to a violin maker to do it because it is a mirror image of a standard violin.
Love you very nice lessons
Thanks!🤩
Nice information really useful - for all students - Intresting theory
Glad you liked it😃
I am Left handed.. It would or i think it would, Quote 'Look out of sink' only in the mirror image form. Surely if one can play "in sink" with sound, how does this matter with people who are looking at it?.
Super interesting topic, one I've thought about a lot as a left-handed professional violist/violinist! I've always played "right handed" instruments, and I've never had any difficulties. In fact, I feel like I have an upper hand since I have more fine motor skills with my left hand.
One thing to consider, though, is that I started learning piano about 2 years before starting the violin. I was still a beginner pianist when I started violin, but that also helped build finger dexterity in both hands.
Again, super interesting topic, and I'd love to learn more about it!
Also, no teachers gave me the option to play a left handed instrument. When I started at 8 years old, I didn't even know that was a thing!
Oh and one other thing, I cut with scissors and hold baseball bats right handed. I'll usually try different activities with both hands, and just use whichever feels the most comfortable.
I am glad you like the topic. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
I am a bit unique case. For most things I am right handed. But with things like sports I can do either side or left is more dominate. However when it come to guitar playing I am a lefty... So when I wanted to learn Violin my instructor insisted I play right. It was uncomfortable but I managed. I really did want to try at least a lefty as after year of playing guitar I had more finger dexterity and callouses on my right and and felt it would make things easier. It is tough being a lefty in music.
I hear you! I play guitar and bass right handed, fiddle and mandolin left handed 🤦😅😅😅
Thanks for sharing. I Imagine it is very tough.
I play a lefty violin because I have already been playing a lefty guitar.
I see some people saying that it makes it harder for your teachers, but I find the opposite true. If you are a lefty, your teacher is the exact mirror image of you, making copying her or him easier. Other than that it's pretty much the same. I understand that teachers might have a personal problem with that. I was the first lefty for most if not all my teachers and it never posed a problem for them. They might forget that my bowing hand is the left hand when they speak, but that is all.
I also disagree that lefties have an advantage with fingering on a right handed instrument. If that was true, right handed people would play left handed violins.
My suggestion: if you will not be a professional and also if you already play another lefty instrument, go with a lefty violin.
That is a very interesting perspective I didn't think of, but mirroring makes so much sense. thanks for sharing.
So,why do right handed violinists play right handed, meaning they use their right hand ( the dominant hand to bow with)The bowings requires much more varied movements than the hand which fingers notes on the fingerboard.
Southpaw adult learner here. To be honest, when I started out a left-handed instrument didn't seem to be a realistic option for various reasons:
- I started out on a bit of a whim at the start of lockdown so with a pretty cheap student level, ex-rental instrument. They're all right-handed.
- I was (and am) learning via Zoom lessons which brings its own challenges. Layering on everything being the other way round is asking a lot of any teacher.
- There's a lot to get to grips with when you start (I had zero previous music theory experience, for example) and all of the easily available learning materials on finger positions etc assume you're playing right-handed. Brain space to work out which things you'd have to reverse and how felt like it could be better used elsewhere.
I'm now a bit further on and feeling very pleased with my new violin (it's from Mittenwald, don't you know) and it feels like the die is cast. I can't see a point at which flipping and probably taking a significant step back would now seem appealing?
(Also, I already slightly hero worshipped Nicola Benedetti. If possible, I now think even more highly of her).
Thanks for sharing, Tom. Yes. She is a great violin player.😃
I think the ability to hold your finger down on the notes while writing with the right hand to add fingerings classified it as right-handed. While left-handers has to place the instrument down and write evey single time . In the classical guitar space rotation is equally acceptable. I am interested in the cello as an adult but the sitring tuning always gives me a head ache as I think it should be on the next directions. I may have to play it on the reverse shoulder or get a left handed one, . Have you ever see. A left handed cellist?
We think it’s wrong that most professional orchestras won’t take lefty players and it’s so sad that teachers often refuse to teach their students left-handed because of this stupid old and wrong argument. Also the seating in orchestras with right-handed and left-handed players is not a problem. All of the left-handed playing violinists, violists, cellists and bassists we interviewed on ‚Linksgespielt‘ confirm that!
Repeating the old stereotypes over and over won’t make anything better. Also, if more teachers will allow their lefty students (that feel uncomfortable playing the conventional way) to play left-handed, there will soon be more high quality lefty instruments to choose from.
Apart from that: Thank you so much for raising this issue and discussing it from different perspectives! Your video is a real enrichment to this discussion.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts as well. You make some very good points. I am happy you like my video.
It’s actually Steve Bullock. Gill is my wife, who’s account I wrote on. I must get my own! 😊
lol. Yes, Steve,. Nice to meet you. Maybe your own account is a nice idea.🥰
So I bought a right handed violin on accident but I'm left handed, can I still play the violin? How? I'm a complete beginner 😅
Yes, of course. There are many left handed players who play the way a right handed player will.
Scott a violin, l play left handed on a right 🎻 violin. Shryel and roth
I play on left hand-handed guitar for 20 years and on right-handed violin for 2 years.
Story: When my 7y daughter wanted to play on violin I decided to teach hear. I bought a right hand violin for me in my 40.
Fingering was quite easy to learn for me because for left hand it was as quite natural. After 5 months I was able to play vibrato.
But I needed to focus on improving my bowing hand. A good comparison is if a right-handed person brushes his teeth with a 60 cm toothbrush in his left hand.🪥🧹
For the first attempt it is almost impossible to hit a mouth not a specific tooth.
But after systematic practicing bowing and bow holding there was fast progress. But still most of mistakes are made by bowing hand especially in fast passages I don’t hit a correct string or lose rhythm.
What a great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.🥰
ua-cam.com/video/SGowRmFZR_U/v-deo.html The other thing to keep in mind is that Lefty Violins are common for those who have an Injury or some other Disability in their Left Hand, who still really wanna play.
They are indeed. Thanks for the reminder.🥰
my concern is if i continue to play left ahnded how will i get admission to music school would I?
Yes, I can see the concern, unfortunately.
Many music schools don't have a problem with lefty players. And there are examples of lefty playing orchestra members around the world in professional orchestras (in past and present). If you feel most comfortable playing left-handed as a lefty, just go your way!
I never knew their were left-handed violins! I always played with right-handed violin
Will you try one now that you know?
@@Violinspiration I am in my school orchestra and my parent ain't gonna by me a new one cauz this one is new
I am a left handed and I play right handed guitars and right handed violins.. 😊..
Thanks for sharing!
Oh how cool, I didn’t know Benedetti was a lefty! 👋
yes!
Great video on the subject. "play what feels most comfortable to you" .. Great starting point,, But I do however wish, we'd in this day and age, would stop telling young people, who want to get into classical music ,that you MUST play a righty.. Strange when you consider tat lefties hae been widely accepted in both Jazz and Rock for almost 100 years now... One question I always ask; "Do you think that songs like "Yesterday" would ever have existed if some forced Paul McCartney to play " normal"? hmmm
That is indeed a great question to ask. hmmm😀
I do folk music and have avoided any classical training because of the whole thing. I tried right handed and yeah, no. I can barely hold a spoon, but I can hold a bow . My sister just strung it up left handed.
How does your sister like it that way?
@@Violinspiration she is the one that modify the strings. She actually wants to learn along with my niece which is awesome
Claire Zollinger is making the Lefty Violin very popular & she relearned the Violin Left Handed after an accident where some of her Fingers had to be removed from her left hand:ua-cam.com/video/lYyAc2RqSlw/v-deo.html
Wow, thanks for the info and for the link. That is amazing.
Ayay left hand
I can't put it as eloquently but a left-handed violin would poke the right-handed violinist in the eye
🤔 👀 🎻🤣
Indeed.