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Hand Development for the Performer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

R. J. Pitcher
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It is no exaggeration to say that the hand has been the greatest factor in arriving at our present state of civilization, and it is almost entirely due to its power of prehension, or grasp. This power of grasp relies, very largely indeed, on the movement of the thumb—and the Greeks felt the thumb to be so important that they called it the other hand.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Musical Association , Volume 47 , 1920 , pp. 101 - 108
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Copyright © Royal Musical Association, 1920

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