Lefty or Righty?

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by carrie721

it's definitely hard to learn a stringed instrument. it's difficult to get one hand to do melody and the other to do rhythm. when i was younger, with violin i would concentrate on getting the rhythms down with my right hand before adding the left hand, and now i do that with guitar, too.

Hmm...I'm mostly having trouble with the whole changing chords thing. Can't seem to do it in any sort of timely manner. Of course I'm also expecting to be great in like the space of an hour - a recipe for furstration...

I'm trying to take it slower now. And I'm looking for some drums to buy as my left hand becomes weaker and weaker the longer I don't play.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by carrie721

this whole post is cracking me up. wtf are you smoking?

Nothing That is what my mind is naturally like

[amber]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

No, my left hand is a magnificent specimen, not unlike my right, except that it's like a strange mirror image of it. My left hand will kick in when my right hand has worn out, which at the current rate of wear, will be in about 250 years

So you just use it to lift beers and drive, basically? I was really into that T-Rex image. sigh.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Hmm...I'm mostly having trouble with the whole changing chords thing. Can't seem to do it in any sort of timely manner. Of course I'm also expecting to be great in like the space of an hour - a recipe for furstration...

I'm trying to take it slower now. And I'm looking for some drums to buy as my left hand becomes weaker and weaker the longer I don't play.

oh, chord changes. yeah. i practice those with a metronome, and first i set it to something really low, like 50 BPM or something. and i'll do C, C, G, G (or whatever chords you're practicing) with one chord per beat. and once i get it down at 50, i'll increase it just a little bit, to 54, then 58, etc etc. you don't need a metronome to do it, it's actually a lie to say i use mine, because it doesn't even have batteries right now. but i start out slowly, making sure i can do it at a steady beat before speeding up at all.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by carrie721

oh, chord changes. yeah. i practice those with a metronome, and first i set it to something really low, like 50 BPM or something. and i'll do C, C, G, G (or whatever chords you're practicing) with one chord per beat. and once i get it down at 50, i'll increase it just a little bit, to 54, then 58, etc etc. you don't need a metronome to do it, it's actually a lie to say i use mine, because it doesn't even have batteries right now. but i start out slowly, making sure i can do it at a steady beat before speeding up at all.

I have a metronome...I think I'll try that. Though I'm still trying to master chords themselves I'm seriously jumping the gun in trying to change chords and in turn play songs

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by amber

So you just use it to lift beers and drive, basically? I was really into that T-Rex image. sigh.

Sorry about that, I live to disappoint

[amber]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Sorry about that, I live to disappoint

Seriously, just for beers and driving?

[Musicman408]

Originally Posted by mikeschmike

I'm a lefty, clearly in my right mind.

ha ha, I like that.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by amber

Seriously, just for beers and driving?

Actually, I guess I lift my beer with my right.. so, just driving then. Changing gear, I do that with my left, fiddle with the radio etc. Everything worth a damn is done with my right

[Karlie]

Lefty pride! I can use my right hand for anything if I need to, though, so I guess that makes me ambidextrous?

[amber]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Actually, I guess I lift my beer with my right.. so, just driving then. Changing gear, I do that with my left, fiddle with the radio etc. Everything worth a damn is done with my right

Still and all, 250 years is a long lifespan for a right hand. I guess lifting beers is the perfect amount of strain for maximum handage. Or whatever. Oh, and I was talking about your right hand in the first place. Also, this is hella stupid, gotta go.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

Actually, I guess I lift my beer with my right.. so, just driving then. Changing gear, I do that with my left, fiddle with the radio etc. Everything worth a damn is done with my right

You backwards Brits! I can't IMAGINE shifting left handed.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Brits drive on the wrong side of the road? I mean, does "driving left" pre-date cars??? WHO decided that "we'll build THESE cars, with the steering wheel on the opposite side"?
WTF?

[michelle2677]

^^^ DEAR god, don't get him started


I made the mistake of asking that question..ouchie... someone got a little defensive

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

^^^ DEAR god, don't get him started


I made the mistake of asking that question..ouchie... someone got a little defensive

Well, when you drive on the wrong side of the road, you're bound to be defensive!

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

You backwards Brits! I can't IMAGINE shifting left handed.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Brits drive on the wrong side of the road? I mean, does "driving left" pre-date cars??? WHO decided that "we'll build THESE cars, with the steering wheel on the opposite side"?
WTF?

OK. The Romans drove their carts on the left And so did you lot over there You only switched to the right to be more like the French after we uhh.. abandoned you after that little spat we had... Then everyone else switched to the right to be more like you. We decided we were right in the first place, and stuck to our guns

We invented cars *cough* so we're right. In fact, we invented everything. Including your country