Lefties Who Play Right Handed - Who Else?, Any notable guitarists? |
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Lefties Who Play Right Handed - Who Else?, Any notable guitarists? |
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Sep 9 2008, 01:02 PM |
I'm a leftie who plays right handed
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Sep 9 2008, 01:16 PM |
Kiko Loureiro from Angra also is left handed, but he plays right handed
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Sep 9 2008, 03:19 PM |
Hmm I was wondering about this too..I can imagine for beginner to seem natural to do with his primary hand the fretwork (no matter if he is left or right handed)...But than again I feel that it is wrong because you need the "strong" hand to do the picking/strumming and whatever job which is in the end more engaging then fretting work.I actually don't see a difference between right handed player trying to play left handed and vise versa....I somehow fear that in the end there could be a problem with the picking hand because they are reversed.But than again there are people who can write with both hands etc for whom it doesn't matter at all..What I would suggest though would be if you are left handed - get a left handed guitar (should be more natural and not much of a experiment then)..
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Sep 9 2008, 03:46 PM |
I remember hearing that Gary Moore is left-handed but plays right-handed. His Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Moore seems to agree with this. -------------------- QUOTE If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. |
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Sep 9 2008, 04:09 PM |
I've tried, many times, but my right hand doesn't work on the fretboard. I feel like my left hand is fine with strumming and picking and feels almost natural at it, but my right doesn't have the flexibiliy or strength to get the job done. Hmm its always like that at start, you should not switch hands because of that..I guess your right hand isn't less capable/flexible/etc nothing more than mine (or any right handed players) left hand??? Everything comes with practice , and its natural to use your primary hand for picking and strumming and guitar is designed that way.I don't know , you don't see right handed players trying to play like lefties...And its the same practically (we all have one primary side/hand) there is no difference in capabilities.. p.s. I guess of course that we all can learn in time to play with our primary hand on fretboard , but I don't know about the effort/limits thing needed to accomplish that ... This post has been edited by Bogdan Radovic: Sep 9 2008, 04:16 PM -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Sep 9 2008, 04:13 PM
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Hah, been playing like this for 7 years, i think its too late to change anything by now |
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Sep 9 2008, 05:29 PM |
Herman Li and Kurt Cobain are lefties who play right handed so youre in good company! I can't speak to Herman Li's preference but Cobain definitely played left handed. http://www.kurtsequipment.com/guitarspage.htm As for me, I consider myself to be left handed (I write left handed) but I do a lot of things right handed (swing a bat, I keep my mouse on the right side). Some of that's convenience...it's a pain to find left handed versions of certain things. I play guitar right handed. It feels more natural to me than the other way around. Though some day I'm going to get a left handed guitar and flip it over and convert it to rightie. -------------------- Guitars: ESP Semi-Hollow Eclipse, 1984 Ibanez Roadstar RS440, Peavey T-60, Daisy Rock Rock Candy Custom
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Sep 9 2008, 07:25 PM |
I think that is pretty cool what you do. Jimi Hendrix was right handed but he played lefty guitars, so that is similar in a way.
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Sep 9 2008, 09:14 PM |
In every classical guitar school you have to play normal right hand guitar. Their theory is that this is the only right way. If you enroll some modern academy for electric guitar, then the choice is yours. They will let you choose. I had left handed teacher, we never figured out how he was doing some fast stuff the other way arround
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