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Most violinists use their left hand for intricate fingerwork, so why is the right hand used for more complex key pressing on the piano?
Peter Sheppard Skærved
London, UK
As a violinist, I can say that the right hand and arm executes more complicated sets of movements than the left. These are almost too many to enumerate: combining up and down bow motions and complex voicings (up to four strings played at once), pressure downwards on the strings from arm weight and/or muscular tension, bow angle (which controls how many of the bow hairs are in contact with the…
