I need a very good instuctional course to learn guitar left handed.?
I’ve already tried learning right; without going into too many detail, I’m doomed to play left handed. I have a left handed guitar.
I am left handed and have been playing a right handed guitar left handed upside down for 29 years. I have taught right handed people to play and have learned from right handed people so it is not impossible to be left handed and learn from a right handed teacher. The problem is finding someone willing to teach something that is unorthodox to them.
Take things into your own hands first and find a teacher later. First of all, learn how to properly tune the guitar. Electronic tuners can be as cheap as $10. Find a music book that has illustrations of guitar chords of a song that you already know well, it can be any song. Tune the guitar and teach yourself how to make those chords. Once you can do that, start singing along with the chords. After you learn your first song you will be inspired to learn more. Formal instruction has it’s place, but you can lose interest quickly waiting for it to come along. Remember that your goal is to play the guitar so start as soon as possible.
June 7th, 2010 at 1:34 am
i play guitar (right handed) but am ambidextrist ( i dont hav a specific hand preferance). firstly you hav to start out with simple things, it would help if you could get someone to write a few simple chords or just a set of notes. you could even buy a beginners song book, which will help you start out. it is very important that you use the right finger for the right fret eg 1st finger with 1st fret ect. as for your left hand start out usin your thumb then try different styles such as thumb and index or index and middle. basically playin guitar is the same watever hand you use its just the opposite. happy playin if you need more help just email. me on jim.m23@hotmail.com.
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June 7th, 2010 at 2:02 am
If you have a left handed guitar, the techniques and exercises are the same as for right-handers–just reversed.
I urge all new guitarists to get lessons from a good teacher. Newbies make mistakes–there’s a lot going on in guitar playing–and if you don’t have someone to observe and catch and correct those mistakes, you could form bad habits which may slow down your playing–or worst of all, lead to tendinitis or carpal tunnel or a horde of other repetitive-motion injuries.
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June 7th, 2010 at 2:33 am
I am left handed and have been playing a right handed guitar left handed upside down for 29 years. I have taught right handed people to play and have learned from right handed people so it is not impossible to be left handed and learn from a right handed teacher. The problem is finding someone willing to teach something that is unorthodox to them.
Take things into your own hands first and find a teacher later. First of all, learn how to properly tune the guitar. Electronic tuners can be as cheap as $10. Find a music book that has illustrations of guitar chords of a song that you already know well, it can be any song. Tune the guitar and teach yourself how to make those chords. Once you can do that, start singing along with the chords. After you learn your first song you will be inspired to learn more. Formal instruction has it’s place, but you can lose interest quickly waiting for it to come along. Remember that your goal is to play the guitar so start as soon as possible.
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http://lefthandedguitarplayer.blogspot.com