# I wish to learn how to play the guitar; I am left handed.  Advice?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 5, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-learn-how-to-play-the-guitar-i-am-left-handed-advice/278246 "2004-12-05T18:46:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-learn-how-to-play-the-guitar-i-am-left-handed-advice/278246/21 "2005-01-02T15:34:30Z")

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Hey, we leftys are mostly ambis anyway.  
Long ago and far away I dated a classical guitarist. He decided I should learn. He taught me the “right” way (to him, that was both literal and figurative.)  
I had no more trouble than I did learning to iron or use a pair of sissors. It a righty world, so we adapt.

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