I don't mind adding a few words of explanation to "standard" if the context seems to call for it. ...And I don't even mind being referred to as a "subaltern" hominid. I do like lutes and kin, after all.
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Stuart Walsh > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:41 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players > > Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > Au contraire, my dear Stuart. I am stereotypically left-handed and play > > standard instruments. I don't believe there is necessarily anything > > inherently naturally left-handed about placing the neck of a chordophone > in > > the right hand...or right-handed about placing it in the left. Both > your > > hands are rather busy with relatively complicated and strictly > anthropogenic > > tasks in plucked music. Being so very left-handed, I refuse to refer to > the > > instruments I play as "right-handed" but prefer "standard." Allegedly > > left-handed instruments I call "reverse to standard." Your vocabulary > may > > differ without shame. > > > I always enjoy these discussions of handedness! If you were asked to > explain what you meant by 'standard' in this context...? And isn't there > something subaltern in being 'not standard' or 'reverse to standard', > whether it's the instrument or the hominid who plays it? > > > Stuart > > > Eugene > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > >> Behalf Of Stuart Walsh > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:31 AM > >> To: simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk > >> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players > >> > >> simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk wrote: > >> > >>> Sent to the list on behalf of Chris Goodwin, the Secretary of the > >>> (UK-based) Lute Society: > >>> > >>> Dear all > >>> > >>> THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF LEFT-HANDED LUTE PLAYERS > >>> > >>> At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Lute Society the view was > >>> expressed that not enough is done for left-handed players, especially > >>> beginners or prospective players; perhaps The Lute Society should even > >>> acquire a left-handed hire lute. > >>> > >>> A good first step would be to establish a list, network, or database > of > >>> left-handed players. > >>> > >>> Would any left-handed players care to contact the Lute Society > >>> Secretary, lute...@aol.com, for their names to go on a contact list? > >>> > >>> > >> I suppose people like me, who are left-handed, but play right-handedly, > >> would not be possible members of the worshipful company? > >> (and it serves us right for betraying our essential sinistrality) > >> > >> Stuart > >> > >>> best wishes > >>> Chris Goodwin > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
