In eight years of playing guitar, I have seen right handed players switch to left handed instruments! They buy new instruments to acquire the roles that their hands have switched. If you haven’t started playing yet, you should know that your hands don’t know the difference between strumming with or right hand or using your right hand for finger placement. Also, starting with a right handed guitar and later switching to a left handed one is possible because you will learn quicker once you have switched to playing left handed guitar.
There are guitar teachers that specialize in teaching left handed guitarists. They construct targeted lessons that help you develop the playing skills you need to become an effective musician. Most of the left handed teachers can be found on the internet on sites like YouTube, and a quick Google search can yield good results for the lessons you desire. I have found a lot of the best teachers in the world on the internet.
For left handed musicians out there, you need to make sure you have effective practice time by using tools found from the internet. For example, since playing in tempo is so important, you’re going to need a metronome, and those can be found on the internet. Also, to prepare you for jamming with other musicians, you need to develop improvisation skills using backup instrumentals (there are tools for that, too!). Stay in tune with tuners that are found on the internet (no need to go out and by an expensive one)! All of these tools will help you become a proper guitar player.
Many times, left handed players give up because they develop bad playing habits. When they hit their first standstill, they quit. Don’t let this happen to you. Practice songs slowly with the intention of nailing every note and chord. Also, pay attention to what your guitar teachers tell you, and exercise proper technique. Lessons are essential if you plan to make guitar a part of your life, and I am sure you won’t stop once you get the hang of it!
My name is H. Tyler Smith, and I am a guitarist of eight years. Through this period, I have been through music classes and learned much about music theory. If you are a beginning guitarist and musician, there are many things available to you through the internet. Going to the music store is a waste of money. Click here for more about getting started on a left handed instrument.

Have you ever noticed that the more you learn… the more you start to realize just how little you really know? Well, no one knows everything except “Our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ”. But wouldn’t it be great if you knew everything there was to know about music? Can you imagine what it would be like to be the World’s Greatest Musician?
I started out in college studying to be an electronics engineer. But later decided to change my major to music. I graduated from United States International University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music in 1987. This unique combination gave me a great understanding of music from both sides of the stage…both as a performer and as a sound engineer.
Many musicians do not understand “Acoustics” which unfortunately can make a huge difference in the final outcome of their performance. You have to not only consider the sound that you’re hearing from your musical instrument, but even more importantly the sound that your audience is hearing. You could be the greatest musician in the world. But your audience will never be able to appreciate it if the beautiful tones of your instrument are distorted, muted, or just plain dry and dull by the time they reach your audience.
A few years ago I started thinking about a way to start all over again. What if I could go back, to when I first started studying music, over 4 decades ago, and put everything in a logical order. So that it would help experienced musicians fill in the missing gaps and at the same time help those who knew absolutely nothing about music.
For those of you who are professional musicians wouldn’t it be exciting if you could fill in all the missing gaps of your musical knowledge so that you could reach your full potential as a musician?
I have just launched a web site called “Music Lessons For Only A Dollar.” I wanted to be able to create something that everyone could afford.
A web site for everyone interested in music, no matter what instrument you currently play, or would like to learn how play.
A web site for everyone interested in music.
A web site not only for people who know absolutely nothing about music… but also for those who know a great deal about music.
A web site that people could access that would continue to increase in size, with No Monthly Fees!
A web site that not only had information from me… but from several sources.
A web site that had links to other musical web sites.
A web site that everyone could learn something from and could afford.
In my first year of college as a music student I remember a girl in our “Music Theory Class” that kept saying “I already know all of this.” ….”I already know all of that.”…etc… And the Professor simply said: “Don’t worry we’ll catch up with you!” And we did… in short-order!
The point is never assume that you already know it all. Sure there will be some things that seem easy or boring to you as you start reviewing the information, but if you stick around long enough you will soon come across something that you should have known all ready, but somehow you missed early on in your musical education… “A missing Gap!” All of us have gaps in our musical knowledge as musicians.
For those of you who are music teachers you will probably be the first to admit that you have learned more from your students then you ever thought possible! Especially from your beginning students who usually force you to think about certain musical ideas from an entirely different point of view.
Thank You for Your Time & Patience.
God Bless You.

Glenn E. Adams B.A. in Music