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Playing guitar requires dexterity from both hands; I think it ended up with the dominant hand picking because a lot of rhythm and expressivity comes from how you strike the string. But then you’ve got the poor old non-dominant hand doing all the vibrato, legato and the dreaded barre chords.
Back to the kids - they’ll probably do fine right handed, but better to go left handed from the beginning if possible. Being an old cynic, I suspect the music teacher wants them to play right handed for the same reason I’ve ended up right handed; too much of a pain in the neck to source left handed instruments for them.
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My experience is that I tried to learn right handed initially, and really struggled. Then I got a left handed strat copy, and became a badassmotherfucker.
And the options for guitars these days are very good for left handed players.
Forcing a kid to play right handed when they might be more comfortable playing left handed, is just going to result in them giving it up quickly and getting into making synthwave.
yes, plenty of lefties play right handed, but they’re simply comfortable that way.
if they’re coerced into playing the wrong/uncomfortable way, they’ll give up..
I think the important thing here was that it was my choice.
As above, at worst they can switch back and be the next Jimi.
Best,
Sammy
I'm a bit all over the place with my handedness. Left hand writing, right hand guitar, right arm throwing, left hand batting, right arm serving, left hand flicking, left hand table tennis, right arm punching etc.
I think you can learn to improve your handedness but the key thing is enjoyment in learning. So if kids feel more comfortable with one way or another they should go with that. It's a really good question to be thinking about, maybe get him a uke and restring it left and right and see which he prefers?
Teachers shouldn't dictate against natural inclination.
Just go anywhere and check the (not very good) selection of left handed guitars. They will thank you for it in later life if they keep it up!
Alright mate, just a bit of fun. Sorry that everyone laughs at your back to front guitar.
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My wife is an excellent pianist and cellist and is left handed. One of my kids is left handed and will most likely be learning instruments in standard handedness including guitar if he feels like learning it.
I was on the other end of this question, the person wanting to play guitar, who happened to be left handed. I tried the guitar both ways and lefty felt natural so I went with it.
I'm not sure why examples from the past have anything to do with what's "right" for a lefty beginner now.
Let the child decide which it finds more comfortable.
A friend who is left-handed was asked "have you ever seen a left-handed piano?" at his first guitar lesson as a kid!
Equally, I know a few left-handed players who have tried playing right-handed and not gone on with it.
Given that it seems far easier to put someone off playing an instrument rather than encouraging them (and gawd knows learning an instrument is hard enough at the best of time), I suspect it is better to go with whatever feels more comfortable; the problem of finding left-handed instruments in the future is a hypothetical problem at the moment.
Incidentally Wilko Johnson and Barrie Cadogan are also left-handers who play right-handed.
Wilko Johnson says his style of playing came about because of this as he found it impossible to play with a pick, which he attributes to the fact he was trying to hold it in his "wrong" hand.
Should there be left handed pianos? Or left handed cars for that matter?
Disclaimer: I'm left handed and it never really occurred to me that I needed a left handed piano, car or guitar and I've always been a bit bemused by handedness of things that need both hands. Shaped handles on one-handed tools (e.g. scissors) bug the hell out of me though.
I actually agree. Suppose it depends on what you want to do. Some people aren't really interested in making interesting music.