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[HG Scarlett]

1. Nail length indicates what instrument they play, or if they play one.

Short nails = classical string or piano

- Violinists/violists: May have a small indentation, discoloration, scab on neck/shoulder side from instrument rest. (only serious players)

Short nails on left (must press frets cleanly), long on right (if they fingerpick): guitar, banjo

2. To find hand dominance

- More worn/lumpy pocket = dominant hand (used more to retrieve things)

- writing bump / writer's callus (bump on your finger from pencils or pens)

- Which side watch is worn (opposite wrist) - this one's kind of basic, but I didn't see it on the list yet, so just in case.

[Mabel Emillia Schaefer]

Fair warning: While the nail length thing is absolutely true in most cases, it's also true that I played the violin for over a decade and literally always kept my nails long during that period.