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Originally Posted by pf400
I have a new student who is just beginning. She is right-handed, but has learned her first couple of chords playing left-handed on a left-handed guitar, an wants to stay left. Any feedback from AGF members would be appreciated. Do you think she'll advance ? She struggles with strumming but didn't we all. Does anyone know why it is that conventionally we strum with our dominant side but play chords etc with our "weaker" side ? Thanks in advance. I'll go shovel snow and check for answers later.
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Strumming is the thing that was there for me at the start .
There is no dominant side when playing a guitar . Two hands doing very different things at the same time . Dominant side things tend to be tied to hand/eye tasks .
There does tend to be a hand that has the rhythm and that should be the side to remain doing that task .
I do find it interesting that she found a left handed guitar first when so many claim that they are so difficult too find even when looking for one intentionally .
I do love irony .
