Guitar Holding Position, Left or right leg?
JTaylor
Jan 15 2012, 02:28 PM
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I have yet another question that, hopefully, somebody can help me with. After years of messing with the guitar, I have decided it is time to learn how to play it. In the month and a half I have been here, I have been trying to get rid of my old habits and have started fresh, constantly asking advice and doing my best to follow it. I have seen improvement and I am very happy. However, there is one thing I have seen that I am not sure I can change.
EVERY player I have seen on here holds their guitar on their right leg. I have always held it on my left leg. Maybe it is because I am left handed (though I do play right-handed...I am slightly ambidextrous). I have tried to hold it on my right leg but I am almost six and a half feet tall and have long arms. This cocks my right (picking) arm at a contorted angle that is downright painful. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this something that I should not even be concerned with and just keep the guitar on my left? I feel silly even asking this but I have yet to see anyone here put it on the left and I am just wondering if it is something that I need to address.
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- JTaylor   Guitar Holding Position   Jan 15 2012, 02:28 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Well, I was in the same boat actually. I practiced...   Jan 15 2012, 02:55 PM
- - JTaylor   Hey Ivan and thank you! You know, I have read ...   Jan 15 2012, 03:05 PM
- - PosterBoy   I can't play with it on my left leg, it feels ...   Jan 15 2012, 03:08 PM
|- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (PosterBoy @ Jan 15 2012, 02:08 PM)...   Jan 16 2012, 08:55 PM
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- - Dinaga   I'm right-handed and I play guitar only on lef...   Jan 15 2012, 03:31 PM
|- - JTaylor   QUOTE (Dinaga @ Jan 15 2012, 02:31 PM) I...   Jan 15 2012, 05:28 PM
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- - Daniel Realpe   I tend to play on my right leg when seated, but fo...   Jan 15 2012, 03:59 PM
|- - JTaylor   QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ Jan 15 2012, 02:59...   Jan 15 2012, 06:38 PM
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- - Todd Simpson   BINGO! Tons of folks hold it like this but yes...   Jan 15 2012, 06:20 PM
- - Ben Higgins   Hi Jon Although most people perform in their vid...   Jan 15 2012, 06:38 PM
|- - Todd Simpson   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Jan 15 2012, 12:38 P...   Jan 16 2012, 01:15 AM
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- - TesttubeMammoth   Left leg, with a foot stool. Like Dinaga. I hav...   Jan 16 2012, 10:17 PM
- - Alex Feather   I use to play classical guitar and with acoustic g...   Jan 17 2012, 08:53 PM
- - Cosmin Lupu   Since I am holding my guitar pretty low when perfo...   Jan 18 2012, 01:17 PM
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