# Any righties out there?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-righties-out-there/436635>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 7, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-righties-out-there/436635 "2008-02-07T03:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-righties-out-there/436635/21 "2008-02-07T22:12:23Z")

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[QUOTE=bouv]  
And **Hal** , you didn’t notice you were holding it up-side down when learning notes? I mean…the notes would be wrong if you just held the “top” string at this spot, since your top string is really the bottom one.  
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Nope – I had no one giving me lessons, nor any reference materials. I was told “It’s bass. It couldn’t be any easier, so just take a few days and learn to play it”. So that’s what I did. Ever since then, the low E string has to be on top for me.

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