Can a lefty learn to play an electric guitar right handed?
I am a lefty and would really like to learn guitar do you need to buy a left handed guitar, of can I just learn with my right hand?
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November 25th, 2010 at 2:25 am
No.
November 25th, 2010 at 2:52 am
either way
November 25th, 2010 at 3:10 am
You should buy a left handed guitar, but if you really can’t, then go ahead and practice playing with a right handed one. But it will be a lot harder…
November 25th, 2010 at 3:35 am
LEFTYS CAN DO ANYTHING ! THEY WILL RULE THE WORLD ONE DAY !
November 25th, 2010 at 4:00 am
You can learn with your right hand, but there may be a bit of a learning curve if it doesn’t come naturally to you as playing left handed.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:56 am
yes man i did but its realllly hard i play drums 2 so it was easier 4 me but its actually harder..i f ur lefty learn it like a lefty or else itll be to complicated
November 25th, 2010 at 5:54 am
I dont think it matters… all guitars are the same when it comes to dat. =D Just face the guitar the other direction…!
November 25th, 2010 at 6:49 am
yeah if you practice enough
im a lefty and I learned how to do like everything else with my right hand. Its weird at first but after awhile it wont be so hard
November 25th, 2010 at 7:21 am
I am left handed, always have been. However, I play bass right handed. I started this way when I was young and it always felt more comfortable for me. If you learned left handed, it will likely be more difficult.
November 25th, 2010 at 7:53 am
wow. just do whatever you want>.-
November 25th, 2010 at 8:43 am
yes im a lefty nd took guitar class and learned how to play righty…now i find it easier then lefty
November 25th, 2010 at 8:45 am
if you practice long enough or work with your right hand long enough u can learn with your right hand. otherwise stick with a left handed guitar
November 25th, 2010 at 9:35 am
it would be hard to learn to play with the right hand,but no actually you can use a normal guitar just hold it so the neck and head point to the right instead of the left.
November 25th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Alot of left handed people learn to play guitar right handed. So long as you pick one and stick to it you’ll be fine. You couldn’t say learn guitar left handed for a year and then goto right handed, that’d feel to weird.
November 25th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Sure why not? My brother learned how to do it, and he’s left handed naturally.
November 25th, 2010 at 10:43 am
It can be done, but far easier to learn left handed.
November 25th, 2010 at 11:08 am
suree. I’m a lefty and i learned how to play the guitar right-handed. it’d much easier if you’re new to the guitar…but you can always learn-it just might take a bit longer
November 25th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
thats kinda a dumb question (no offence) it might be harder to learn a right handed one if your a lefty but with lots of practice it’ll probably work out. try holding a lefty one, and then a righty one and see wich one feels better
November 25th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
sure … my mother learned to play it as a lefty guitar, but it was a righty guitar… she played with the strings high to low rather than low to high…
it all depends if you can keep rhythm with your right hand… that is all it is good for…
I’m a righty and I can play lefty chords properly, but my rhythm in my left hand sucks.
November 25th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
It’s just as easy to learn to play righty, and many lefties do exactly that. In fact, if anything fretting is more challenging than strumming so to some extent you would have an advantage. Both of your hands have a job to do so it really doesn’t matter if you learn righty. That has the advantages of a much larger selection of guitars available to you and a large selection of teaching material, virtually all of which is designed for righties. Good luck.
November 25th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
you can learn with your right hand.
November 25th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
You certainly can learn to play with your right hand. I am a lefty and I did! Many lefties are ambidextrous. It’s funny when people say “no” to answers like these. Weird huh?
November 25th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I’m a lefty, and for me it was easier to learn right handed. See what feels correct to you.
November 25th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
LEFTIES ROCK
yeah they can, mainly because they rock and they’re cooler.It will just take time and will be awkward for the first while
November 25th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Arguably, one of the best guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a lefty that learned to play on a right handed guitar. Don’t be discouraged. If you really want to learn it shouldn’t effect you.
November 25th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
This is a right handed world. It wasn’t my idea, but that is the way it is. I am sure you do many things right handed and you have survived.
Something that most players do not think about. Artist and Musician are frequently left handed. It is thought by many that the string instruments were designed originally by lefties because the left hand does all the fingering work.
If you get into Brass instruments the left hand just holds the instrument and the right does the fingering.
Woodwinds, Keyboard and a few others use both.
Unless you are extremely proud of being a Lefty, get a regular guitar. One that you can share with others, and you will be able to try out theirs. This can be a big advantage when upgrading, which we all do a lot.
Good Luck
November 25th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Hi Stalky
I am 100% left-handed but learnt the guitar right-handed. so YES, you can learn right-handed. The advatage ? There is one….trust me.
Since you are left-handed and will use the left-hand to pick your notes, you will have more strength and much moe endurance because of this.
I started let-handed but switched to right-hand and my left hand has enough strength to play and do pull-off without using the pick.
November 25th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
It is possible Y’know! Jimmi Hendrix did it. He was a lefty and played a right handed guitar. (he just played it upside down lol) if you learn to play like that from the beginning you can do it!