left or right brain?

[melia]

well, which is it? I heard that music is more a right-brain (artistic, creative, spatial, intuitive etc..)  activity but somehow I get the feeling whenever I play, it seems more left brain (logical, precise, analytical, controlled etc..). The reason why has interested me is cause whenever I play Baroque music it seems more like the latter.  I understand that we need to coordinate BOTH our brains, but don't know which one is more important for understanding music? Can anyone shed some light on this?

[pianostudent]

Actually, we have to use both.

Take a look here, https://graham.main.nc.us/~bhammel/MUSIC/pnometh.html

[bernhard]

Very interesting article (although I disagree with some of it – and shame it is incomplete ).

Have a look here as well:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2720.msg23353.html#msg23353
(How to practice aim and accuracy – looking at the LH and giving verbal instructions to the RH – Full discussion on left and right brain).

Best wishes,
Bernhard.