{"id":837,"date":"2009-03-26T17:37:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T17:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=837"},"modified":"2009-03-26T17:37:32","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T17:37:32","slug":"what-is-left-to-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/what-is-left-to-the-right-837\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Left to the Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The list of famous left-handed pianists is a who\u2019s who, from 20th-century legends Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein and Glenn Gould to today\u2019s keyboard masters Daniel Barenboim, Radu Lupu, Leif Ove Andsnes, Steven Blier, Richard Goode, Helene Grimaud \u2026 and many more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"hands\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/hands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"132\" \/>Pianist Russell Young, director of Kennesaw State University\u2019s opera and music theater program, believes being left-handed is an advantage for pianists.<br \/>\n\u2018You read music from the bottom up on the printed page,\u2019 he says. \u2018Once you have the bassline down you get a more solid idea of the foundation and chord patterns, since the top lines [for right hand] are often more free-form melody.\u2019<br \/>\nYoung also suspects that lefties have a learning advantage.<br \/>\nAll piano students must overcome the two hands\u2019 resistance to work separately; by having to work harder on what\u2019s essentially a right-handed instrument, the neurons of left-handed pianists get an extra workout and thus grow stronger.\u201d Samuel Wang, professor of neuroscience at Princeton University adds, \u201cPianists must coordinate the activity of both [brain] hemispheres, since each hemisphere is responsible for a separate hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/services\/content\/printedition\/2009\/01\/04\/lefty.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read more at ajc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The list of famous left-handed pianists is a who\u2019s who, from 20th-century legends Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein and Glenn Gould to today\u2019s keyboard masters Daniel Barenboim, Radu Lupu, Leif Ove Andsnes, Steven Blier, Richard Goode, Helene Grimaud \u2026 and many more. 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