ArwinH Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I've recently discovered that my left hand is longer than my right from the tip of my middle finger to the base of my palm by over half an inch (less than 7.5"-over 8"). This has got me thinking, how many other have this characteristic, and whats the difference in length between your hands if so. www.myspace.com/movementwithoutmotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g. Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Years of nose picking and flicking have made my right fingers slightly longer and thicker than those on the left. Matches my right arm, which is a longer - from bowling in my formative years. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArwinH Posted October 23, 2005 Author Share Posted October 23, 2005 Sorry, I meant tha since I started playing My left hand has grown from playing and being forced to stretch to hit certain notes in my formative years ( which consequently were also the years of my early growth spurts), and I was interested in finding out if anyone had a similar experience. I'm also interested because I am now learning how to play URB, and in dealing with the longer scale length I was interested in whether or not my hand would "stretch out" even more. www.myspace.com/movementwithoutmotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g. Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I know. I was just joking about what ahm, er, "athletic" endeavors will do for someone who is focusing more on one side of the body than the other. Being right-handed alone usually means more musculature and extension on that side than the other. Really, I don't know that my hand size has changed at all since taking up the bass, and I pivot more than stretch with my fretting/stopping hand so... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stackimo Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 you guys are freaks. "Some people are like "slinkies". They're not really good for anything; but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArwinH Posted October 23, 2005 Author Share Posted October 23, 2005 OK, I think I got it now. Well, I'm pretty sure that my bass playing has given me that "musculature and extension", as I am right handed. I think this probably because I did stretch my left hand very much as a youngster when my bass was my height. It makes me wonder what will happen with the urb, since, depsite shifting and pivoting, I do feel as if I have to conciouslt stretch. As to that first comment, I made the discovery about my hands when hanging out with three girls, and one made a comment about the ...um... possibilities available with the hand length. Talk about your all time most awkward moments. Luckily, a student (we were at school) had literally just been pulled into a cop car for excessive violence) and that awkwardness faded away. www.myspace.com/movementwithoutmotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g. Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Stackimo: you guys are freaks. ...Says the guy with one leg growing out the side of his body, if his avatar is any indication. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassplayerjoe Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I measured my hand in biology class and my hand hand was longer on one side by .2 cms. It was my fretting hand "All things are possible through Christ." (Matt 19:26) My band: http://www.purevolume.com/fadingsilence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hoffman Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 My left(fretting)hand is about a 1/4 of an inch longer than my right. I'm not sure if this is because I took up electric bass in 7th grade, or because I'm cock-eyed. What does it matter? My fretting hand could be half as big, IMHO, it's not what you CAN play, but what you DON'T play. "The world will still be turning when you've gone." - Black Sabbath Band site: www.finespunmusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruuve Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by greenboy: Years of nose picking and flicking have made my right fingers slightly longer and thicker than those on the left. Matches my right arm, which is a longer - from bowling in my formative years. Yeah...bowling...that's what made your right arm thick and strong while your left arm is skinny and thin. Bowling indeed. Old bass players never die, they just buy lighter rigs. - Tom Capasso, 11/9/2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by Stackimo: you guys are freaks. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fonz Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 depends on what i'm doing more of. if i'm playing a lot of sports my right hand (throwing arm) is longer. if i'm not then it's my left (fretting hand). Eeeeeehhhhhhhhh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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