rlgph Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Over in the "Buy and Sell" forum there is a thread titled "wtb Wakker W-2" which has drifted far from its original intent. Since i want to make a comment that would take it even further afield, i decided to start a new topic here. This question about whether a slant is optimum for a Hayden duet or not has ignored the fact that on a usual Hayden (in which the sides are not mirrored) the functionality of the individual fingers on the two hands differs. So far as i can see, the "fact" that a given configuration works better for the right hand does not mean that it will also work better for the left hand -- unless, of course, the left hand button arrangement mirrors that of the right hand (to the extent that it can, with usually fewer buttons). I, of course, am an advocate for a mirrored left hand arrangement because (1) it allows almost automatic transfer of finger memory from the right hand to the left hand, making it relatively easy for beginners to play melody or phrases with the left hand an octave or two lower (simultaneously with the right hand or not) and (2) so far as i can imagine, collectively it is no harder to play chords with a mirrored left hand (although some individual chords may be easier with one arrangement or the other). Anyway, it seems like it would be easier to determine whether a slant works better for the hands of a given player if the two sides are mirrored. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven r. arntson Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I was very surprised to log in and find my humble "wtb" post getting so many replies! Fortunately, I was pretty interested in the new topic, but thank you all the same for moving the discussion over here. :) Best, steven arntson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 3:24 PM, rlgph said: I, of course, am an advocate for a mirrored left hand arrangement You might be interested to know that the original Kaspar Wicky layout from the 19th century was, indeed, mirrored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlgph Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Thanks. That's interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 From the Wicky manual: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isel Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) Hello!. Only to remember a lot of interesting opinions about the hayden slant were covered in the thread "Starting Out On Hayden Duet, Advice?".here Some questions are, however, still on the air, as example: after Rich Morse's convincing arguments in favour to slant, finnally the Beaumont Hayden has parallel... In other hand... Ron, the obscure temptation of choising a mirrored left layout (wicky style)...is strong for me...(Master Joda...where are you right now!!!)? Edited July 2, 2019 by Isel to add a link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlgph Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Use the force, Isel ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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