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Stephon Johnson Special user Razorback Country 547 Posts 
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C'mon Lefties!...You have the advantage of following a magic tutorial video like "looking into a mirror"!...It's only when they show "over the shoulder" or "Performer's perspective"...and you rarely get those.
Personally, I am "semi-ambidextrous" with my magic sleights. I am right handed for writing, but being a string musician, the more intricate finger-work sleights fall to my LEFT hand. And my Classic Palm is better on Left Hand. Weird! I don't know if my other righty guitarists feel the same?...hmmm, maybe another Forum? LOL. ANYhoo... I've always wondered if a Lefty has an easier time on the "spectator view" tutorials. 'Cause it makes a Righty pretty crazy trying to reverse that view for us!
WHAT IF you wake up tomorrow with ONLY the things that you THANK GOD for today?
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hpcman New user NYC 65 Posts
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It’s actually a bit of an epidemic today, righties have learned magic lefty by mistake! This is due to the video only learning caused by the internet. Before young magicians have a chance to read their first book, if ever, they have already ingrained habits as lefties. Many I have spoken to have regrets and want to switch back. This process is difficult and requires them to teach their other hand while looking only at their hand in a mirror to retrain their brain. Obviously there are many benefits to being a lefty in magic and I wish best of luck to everyone to follow their needs.
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Race Blakhart Special user Selma,CA 627 Posts
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On Apr 18, 2023, Stephon Johnson wrote: Been playing guitar for about 30 years now. I'm left handed, but have always played righty guitar. The thing is, I've always felt what we call "right handed" guitar is actually "left handed". I feel much more comfortable using my dominant hand to play chords and such, while my right hand has the easier job of strumming. I've tried lefty guitars multiple times, and my right hand just refuses to play chords. But I play drums lefty, write lefty, eat lefty, etc. I find it odd. |
Jbond207 New user Mount Vernon, IN 60 Posts
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I use left hand to: write, eat, play tennis, thumb pinch a coin, hold coin in left for French drop
I use right hand to: bat, play guitar, throw a ball, palm a card. Weird |
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Race Blakhart Special user Selma,CA 627 Posts
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On Jul 6, 2023, Jbond207 wrote: Pretty much the same here. My moms side of the family tend to be left-handed. Over the years, we have had many discussions on the subject of left-handedness, and most of us agree that the only reason we do so many random things right handed is because it's simply a right handed world, and we are adapting. |
MartinL New user Germany 15 Posts
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I am right-handed, but left-handed when I do magic (with coins). When I learned the first sleights, I did it with my left hand because I was doing other things with my right hand at the same time.
So I could do the classic palm with my left hand first and instead of relearning, I stayed with my left hand and learned everything that followed with my left hand first. |
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Bill Veteran user and Pretty Nice Guy 374 Posts
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I know this is an old thread, but I just discovered something I think would help the Lefties with video tutorials. First, I need to let you know that this works best on a video play software called VLC. It's considered the best, and it's available for Windows, Apple, and Linux. Best of all, the entire program is free.
Now what you can do with this player is flip the video into horizontal mode, or what's called mirroring. Unlike a video, where you are watching the hands in reverse, meaning in the video the left hand is to your right, in mirror mode, everything will be reversed for you. You will see something being held in the right hand now being held in the left. Almost as good as an over the shoulder shot, but for lefties. This ran longer than I wanted. I don't even know if there's any interest. If you need to know how to set up VLC to flip horizontally, send me a message. |
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