# Lefty/righty guitar or ukulele playing

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-righty-guitar-or-ukulele-playing/949365 "2021-08-23T12:37:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lefty-righty-guitar-or-ukulele-playing/949365/40 "2021-08-26T20:25:26Z")

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This topic has come up before on these boards.

> [@Guitar handedness question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-handedness-question/679557):
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> Not a guitar player, but this has always puzzled me. Why is it a right handed guitar player uses their left hand at the guitar neck to control the notes played ? I would assume a right handed player would want to use their right hand for the finger work there. Or, is the strumming the more complex part of the playing ?

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