[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
lefty guitars
as a right-handed violinist I can see what you mean. It's really
learned patterns either way so it doesn't really matter, I think. I
know plenty of people who air-guitar lefty. I can see how using your
dominant hand for plucking/strumming might be helpful as well though.
Thanks!
Bethany
np: Costello/Von Otter: For the Stars
Rick Callender wrote:
> --- Bethany Keeley <blk4 at calvin_edu> wrote:
> > This is something I've always kind of wondered: Is
> > lefty guitar playing more of
> > a choice than a born-in kind of thing (as opposed to
> > lefty writing etc)....
>
> well, speaking as a lefty and a guitarist.... for me,
> it makes sense to play a "right handed" guitar. yes,
> my dominant hand does all the chording and note
> mapping. (paul simon is also a "lefty" guitar player.)
>
> but you can also look at it this way... BOTH hands are
> used equally in playing the instrument, especially if
> you are playing finger style music. really, if you
> take the argument that the dominant hand shoud control
> the fingerboard, then all righties should be playing
> "left handed." case in point, my right handed sister
> air guitars lefty. go figure.
>
> bink
>
--
~*~*~*~
"and the stories in my pockets are the best I've ever lived" -Sarah
Masen
---------------
Unsubscribe by going to http://www.actwin.com/OtR/
Follow-Ups:
References: