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1. Gene L Says:
   March 27th, 2010 at 2:03 pm

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2. Devon Says:
   March 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

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   It really doesnt matter wat hand u decide to learn on. Its a preference thing. I my close friend who helped my learn is left handed and plays guitar w/ his rt hand, and he is hella faster than me at everything: alt picking, scales, sweeps, etc.

   Guitar like many other instruments, is based on muscle memory. The more u play, the stronger ur muscle get, and the better control u have. When learning u have just short of no control of ur fingers, so u can take that window to learn w/ ur rt hand if u choose to do so. I can play left handed but since im not used to it, my muscles are too weak to do wat i want them to.

   If u do go rt handed, it’ll be a helluva lot harder to find a guitar in the future, but other than that their are no limits on playin left handed.

3. KT in Austin Says:
   April 2nd, 2010 at 7:26 pm

   When you start to play, there is no particular advantage from starting with either hand, except… by playing right handed even though you are left handed, you will be using your stronger and more agile hand to perform the hardest tasks, fretting.

   It is also much easier to find right handed guitars than lefties….

4. HPfan7 Says:
   April 5th, 2010 at 8:13 am

   Many people i know are left-handed, and still play guitar with right-handed. I would recommend playing with a right-handed guitar. If you have one or if someone you know does, play around and see if your comfortable using your right hand. If you think you just can’t get used to it, then sure, learn with a left-handed guitar.

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