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Learning Left
Handed Guitar
Finding a patient teacher who can
instruct in reverse is almost as difficult as finding a
left-handed instrument, since most teachers are right-handed. Some
even refuse to teach left-handed pupils! Yet the solution can be
simple: just seat the left-handed pupil opposite the teacher, so
it is like looking in a mirror - a simple and effective way to
learn.
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Some teachers will even argue that with any stringed instrument
the right hand has to be pretty dextrous so it shouldn't make any
difference which way round the instrument is played. For folk or
classical guitar playing, the argument goes against this theory
because much of the control is carried out by the right hand,
which left-handers might find difficult.
But what if you have already been encouraged to
play guitar right-handed - is it too late to
change? |
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The Guitar Workshop in
New York made a detailed study of left-handed guitar playing and
found that it took three to six months for players who changed
over to regain their previous level of attainment, after which
they improved even further! Composer and guitarist John Duarte, a
'changed' man said: "Now I would not encourage a lefty to learn
right-handedly, and when I inherit a student who does play that
way round, I advise him to change if he does not appear to be
reaching his potential. I think there has been much irrational
prejudice against lefties, and such things die hard".
Article provided by
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