Playing the violin left-handed as a right-handed person - Margret on lefty playing due to injury
Bow technique, quite clearly, becomes a handicap if you don't play according to your natural handedness.
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Linksgespielt
- May 26
Relearning the violin left-handed as a child - Lefty Lelle on her early side switch
The blockages haven't come back since I'm playing left-handed. It's definitely the way it should be now, and that's the biggest advantage.
Linksgespielt
- May 26
»For lefties, it is in many ways easier and healthier to play left-handed.« – Prof. Elfriede Stahmer
If the relationship between body and instrument is not harmonious but strained, there is usually something fundamentally wrong. This can be
Linksgespielt
- Feb 28
Tony Averstedt plays the trumpet left-handed
My story of being left-handed started when I was 6 months old, that’s how long it took for my parents to understand the pain I was in...
Daniela Berlin
- Oct 13, 2022
Mirrored Keyboard on the Electric Piano - My Journey to Left-Handed Identity
The scales fell from my eyes when I became aware of my left-handedness in my advanced adulthood - at over 30.
Sabine Schmidt
- Sep 8, 2022
"Finally I can play with my heart" - Relearned to play the cello left-handed as an adult
Everything was easier - and the feeling! I have become a passionate lefty player and will never play the wrong way around again.
Linksgespielt
- Aug 21, 2022
Playing left-handed in orchestra? Interview with Berlin Philharmonic principal cellist Ludwig Quandt
Prejudices such as, one cannot play left-handed in an orchestra, or orchestras do not accept left-handed players, still persist. Time to
Linksgespielt
- Aug 20, 2022
Media reports, busking, concert, exchange – Our Left-Handers Day 2022
None of us had ever played music with other lefty players before, and we were able to pass our instruments around for the very first time
Linksgespielt
- Aug 3, 2022
International Left-Handers Day: Concert & Street Music
On August 13 we will celebrate the first birthday of Linksgespielt in Frankfurt am Main – and with it all the left-handed musicians out ther
Linksgespielt
- Jul 1, 2022
Musica Mancina – An Italian blog about left-handed music
It is always exciting to learn about other projects that are doing great work to spread information about left-handed music to the world.
Heidi Schneider
- Jun 16, 2022
Left-handed Piano Newsletter #1: Report on the 2022 conference
On the last weekend in May the first meeting of piano lovers experimenting with the mirrored keyboard for lefthanders took place at my house
Heidi Schneider
- Jun 14, 2022
Playing the left-handed piano – A hands-on experience
On the meaning and importance of the left-handed piano. This article was first published in March 2014 in the PIANONews magazine.
Linksgespielt
- May 27, 2022
Argentina: 'I couldn't do what they were doing' – Federico Morgan about changing sides on the violin
Federico switched to left-handed violin playing as an adult after having played 'the right way' for 5 years. Learn about his experience here
Anıl Üver
- May 23, 2022
Turkey: My long search for a left-handed instrument
As a child, Anıl urgently wants to play an instrument. But where on earth can she get a left-handed guitar in 1980s/90s Turkey?
Linksgespielt
- May 23, 2022
Proud to be unique – India's left-handed music producer
Meet Aswin Sathya, inspiring left-handed music producer and violin player from South India
Linksgespielt
- Apr 18, 2022
Lorac's rocky road to becoming a left-handed cellist
Cello student with big goals: Lorac wants to become a professional musician – playing left-handed, of course. Here she shares her story.
Linksgespielt
- Mar 2, 2022
New: The world's first left-handed piccolo?
Silke Becker, the fantastic up-and-coming flutist we've interviewed here, is delighted to have a new treasure!
Linksgespielt
- Dec 27, 2021
Anniversary of Charlie Chaplin's death
Charlie Chaplin died 44 years ago. To this day he’s often the first person to name when it comes to left-handed violin playing. Chaplin...
Linksgespielt
- Dec 27, 2021
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On our brand-new Instagram account we are introducing and connecting left-handed musicians from all over the planet!
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