Welcome to idiodextrous.com. This site is the home of information about musicians who play string instruments ‘back-to-front’ or ‘upside down’ – playing ‘left-handed’ on a ‘right-handed’ instrument (or vice versa).
It contains videos, images and biographies of idiodextrous musicians, mini-essays on how idiodexterity challenges the norm and interviews with bassists, luthiers, body experts and ‘legit lefties‘ – bassists who play left-handed on left-handed instruments.
There is also a forum inviting comments and participation in ongoing research. If you play a musical instrument in an unusual ‘handedness approach’, I’d love to hear about it!
Idiodextrous.com was created by Greg Gottlieb in 2015 as part of an MA by Research project at Middlesex University in London. As of November 2024, this research is currently continuing as part of a PhD project at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Logo artwork and font image by Rosalia Aloguín Dols (@rosaliadols)
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