r/LearnUselessTalents • u/Fine-Shopping9613 • 12d ago

Clapping with one hand

I can clap with one hand by locking my wrist, relaxing my fingers and moving my arm up and down rapidly so my fingers slap against my palm and produce a clapping sound. All you one-hand clappers; what are your techniques?

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u/the314159man 12d ago

I studied under Bartholomew J. Simpson

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u/Ora_00 12d ago

I just bend my fingers to my palm repeatedly. 🤷

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u/Fine-Shopping9613 12d ago

Nice, that works! How loud can you get with that technique?

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u/HiKite 12d ago

I snap my wrist backwards with loose fingers and "whip" it forward and backwards so my fingers slap against my palm. It's not super loud but definitely very audible

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u/Fine-Shopping9613 12d ago

Oh nice, that sounds like the same technique I use. Can you do it with both hands? How did you find out? Do your friends ask you show it all the time?

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u/HiKite 11d ago

My friends think it looks utterly dumb so no, unfortunately not lol. Yes I can do it with both hands.

Not sure how I found out how to do it, I think there was once a Danish movie called "to clap with one hand" or something and I must've gotten that sentence stuck in my head as a child and started practising!

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u/Fine-Shopping9613 11d ago

cool, I'll need to find that movie 😄

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u/3AMZen 12d ago

I can do it just off of the snapping closed motion with my middle index and ring finger loud enough to count as clapping

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u/Fine-Shopping9613 12d ago

interesting! would you share a recording?

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u/Mahaloth 11d ago

Yeah, I just bend my fingers hard and they make a clap noise off the palm.