Left Handed Pianists | A Rare and Cool Talent

Left Handed Pianists | A Rare and Cool Talent

Left Handed Pianists | A Rare and Cool Talent. Approximately 10 percent of the world is left-handed. The number of celebrated southpaw classical pianists is wildly out of proportion. It's a trend akin to U.S. presidents, where six of the past dozen have been left-handed —- Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama.

For many pianists, being left-handed is just right

To better squeeze out the juice, Jimi Hendrix flipped his guitar and restrung it so that the notes remained in the same order.
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