Is it easy for a right handed person to play a left handed guitar?

Question

Hey. I just started playing guitar and i was wondering. Can I learn to play a left handed guitar? I'm asking this because since I'm right handed my right hand is more developed than my left so I thought 'wouldn't it be easier to fret with my more developed hand and learn to pick with my left?' Sure it'll take practice, but will it take more practice than if I learned the 'correct' way? I know this was more like 3 questions but I am dying to find out. My guitar life depends on it/

Answer 1

Its possible and It will take a lot of time, but in the end it might be a bit rewarding if you can play both ways!

Answer 2

It depends on the right handed person. Maybe it will be easier for you to string it upside down?

Answer 3

It's possible with lots and lots of practice.

Answer 4

One of my friends is left-handed, and plays a standard (right-handed) guitar. I don't know how much practice it took him at the start, but he is now a very good guitarist. Personally, I had this idea about 2 years after I started guitar, and I was not able to switch it over, because the habits I had built up were so different. Go ahead and try it, though, and good luck!

Answer 5

Couldn't you change the strings around so that you'd be making the same patterns but in reverse. I suppose you could just play the LH guitar straight by re-learning the fingering. An interesting little operation! (This would help to develop the other side of the brain too!!)

Answer 6

I have seen it done, kind-of. Of course it is usually done the other way.  I know two people who are fully left handed, but play a right handed guitar, the reason being when they started, they picked up the only available guitar, a right handed guitar.

And I know what you are thinking, that with your dominate hand on the neck, it might be easier to learn. Which makes sense.

I would say give it a try and see how it goes.

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