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I am naturally left brained. Very left brained. Very right handed.
I remember as a kid having a hard time being able to dribble a basketball with either hand, or shooting right and left lay-ups. Then I worked and worked and worked and got to the point where I could do both. At the time, Rick Mount was something of a phenom at Purdue; he could shoot jump shots either hand. So, I worked more, and got pretty good with either hand, out to about 18 ft. jumpers. I was no Rick Mount, but in league and pickup ball, being able to shoot with either hand was a definite benefit.
Later in life, I played a lot of softball because the guys I worked with loved softball. Trained so that I could switch hit. That was beneficial for playing softball.
However, I didn't get better musically until I practiced like crazy. No more creative musically, no more intuitive, no more "natural". So, while I think I got benefits from learning to go from my natural hand to opposite hand, I don't think it made much difference in musical (or other abilities, save athletic) abilities.
BTW, my brother is naturally ambidextrous, and he sucks a music. And he should have all of those right left connections. Nor does he exhibit much of any of the so called right brain affects.
I realize that two data points among 5 billion people aint nothin but anecdotal BS, but at least for me, and my brother, we don't exhibit the affects attributed to learning with the opposite hand.
Still, learning an athletic trick such as throwing, batting or shooting either handed, is its own reward.
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