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Patek23 · 02-16-2006, 01:36 PM

I decided to pull out an old guitar we had sitting the attic and give it a try, problem is It's a right handed guitar and I'm a Southpaw, secondly I don't know how to play the guitar for the life of me. I thought about it for a while and decided that since the guitar has been in the family for a while including our not too long ago trek across the Atlantic that there was no way I'm going to buy a new one and I'll have to play it upside down and/or strengthen my right hand and play properly. The largest problem is that due to a busy schedule I have no time to take lessons for a very long time and likely long enough that by then I won't want too proceed anymore.

So due to these choices I have to learn to play a guitar upside down on my own. This is quite the uphill battle and I was wondering if any of you have learned a guitar on your own, or if you have any tips on how to make it a bit easier?

02-16-2006, 01:36 PM	#1
Patek23 Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: --- Exp:	My Dilemma I decided to pull out an old guitar we had sitting the attic and give it a try, problem is It's a right handed guitar and I'm a Southpaw, secondly I don't know how to play the guitar for the life of me. I thought about it for a while and decided that since the guitar has been in the family for a while including our not too long ago trek across the Atlantic that there was no way I'm going to buy a new one and I'll have to play it upside down and/or strengthen my right hand and play properly. The largest problem is that due to a busy schedule I have no time to take lessons for a very long time and likely long enough that by then I won't want too proceed anymore. So due to these choices I have to learn to play a guitar upside down on my own. This is quite the uphill battle and I was wondering if any of you have learned a guitar on your own, or if you have any tips on how to make it a bit easier?