# Guitar handedness question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-handedness-question/679557>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-handedness-question/679557 "2014-01-23T21:20:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-handedness-question/679557/21 "2014-01-28T22:14:32Z")

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> [@Crotalus](#):
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> It’s always good to look at a dictionary before correcting someone.
> 
> [Secrete](http://www.onelook.com/?w=secrete&ls=a).

Well, summagun. Seems like idiots a few centuries ago ruined a couple of perfectly good words, so now it’s acceptable.

Anyway, ignorance fought. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-handedness-question/679557/22 "2014-01-28T22:15:36Z")

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> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> That’s true. A few times I’ve written down tabs to keep for future reference of songs I’ve already learned how to play, and it’s a complete pain to get the finger picking patterns right, because when I think about how I’m playing them, I can no longer do it!

Yup. I have to think about the notes I’m playing, not the fingers that are doing it.

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