I play right handed (as in I fret with my left and pick with my right) but I've never been convinced that is necessarily the best way around as really you'd think that you'd want your stronger hand doing the more athletic technique work. I played piano for 10 years before I picked up a guitar so my right/left coordination is OK, so would it be worth trying to learn to play left handed?
Or strung upside down? Or both?
Just wondering if it'd be worth the challenge, and whether it might improve my musicality by looking at it differently
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
How about the upside down string thing?
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Remember: You need to consider harmonics with pick and thumb, palm muting, string skipping, attack, position of the stroke relative to sound hole/pups, . . . .
I remember thinking the same when I first picked up a guitar, the complex stuff is with my lesser coordinated hand.
Strength isn't a significant factor with guitar playing- it is actually left and right hand synchronisation.
You get good at what you practice.
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Would you agree that stamina is a better phrase and that strength can actually cause you problems? You don't want to strangle the damn thing. Need the old hand exercises and massages to stop cramp and other hassles - I should do more :-(
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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I'm left handed for most things but play right-handed after learning on mates' guitars, and i think that's a big factor in me sounding shit
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