LEFT-HANDED GUITAR TIPS
19/02/2015
We live in right-handed world. The way things are. And in matters of guitars, things look even worse if you are someone who does not do things "right". Not by choice, but because your brain is configured that way ... which, we all know, is an advantage in many cases, especially the creative. But that does not mean that being left-handed generate some drawbacks if you've been bitten by the bug of the six strings (or four, or whatever it!).
So, to make life easier if you are taking your first steps with the guitar, or know someone who is in it and find your "zurdez" as an insurmountable obstacle or at least hard to beat, here are a few advice. After all, there is nothing to really overcome. Only a society ruled by the right. The hand, I say. And since when was that a problem? Think you can always ...
Learning to play a guitar for right
Not jump suspicions early: pretend not say lefties should forget his condition and playing as a right-handed. But it is a possibility to contemplate, and, in fact, many guitar teachers (many lefties themselves) recommend especially in the world of classical. Depending on the age at which you start playing, or simply the ease of each, can be an interesting option: there will be more guitars to choose from, you'll play one wherever you go and you find it (because it is more than likely to save your colleague at home for the holidays be a right-handed), and you can benefit from having a left hand (which in this case would rhythm) far more agile than we have right-handers. In fact, there are a few large skilled guitarists who actually are left-handed: for example, Mark Knoplfer.
