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| From | Greg Cagle <gregc@gregcagle.com> |
| Subject | Re: Key madness |
| Date | Tue, 09 May 2006 22:15:04 -0700 |
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Just don't try it with a saxophone! 8^)
- Greg
Farrar Hudkins said the following on 5/9/2006 10:01 PM:
> Yeah, I was just trying to remember. Playing a trumpet left-handed would
> be like playing a flugelhorn right-handed... the bells and leadpipes are
> on the opposite sides of the valve casings. (That sounds convoluted but
> I hope y'all know what I mean.)
>
> Sorry, Jaimie, I should have made the disclaimer: I am a trumpet
> player/keyboard player. (And obviously not quite as ambidextrous as
> those rock geniuses out there!)
>
> -Farrar Hudkins
>
> Jaimie Vernon wrote:
>> AT Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 13:37:22 Farrar wrote:
>>
>>> Wasn't there also some trumpet player who used to play left-handed?
>>> This was back in the day... I can't recall.
>>
>> The keys on a trumpet are in the middle so it really doesn't matter
>> much which hand you use. The notes are still in the same place...it
>> just makes handling the instrument a little more difficult because of
>> the shape of the piping.
>>
>>
>> Jaimie Vernon,
>> President, Bullseye Records
>> "Not Infecting Our Customers' Computers Since 1985!!"
>> http://www.bullseyecanada.com
>> http://www.bullseyerecords.com
>> Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
>> http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
>>
>> http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz
>>
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