Beginning lefty guitarist

[tjcurtin1]

To all you lefty's or folks who have taught one: a student at my school is interested in learning to play guitar. She is lefty but the family has a righty guitar; she asked me if she couldn't just try to learn to play righty - and I didn't know how to answer. I saw in a recent thread that some of you lefty's play one way and some another. What advice would you give me to give to this student? Thanks!

 

[Retro Hound]

My lefty son is learning right-handed. Says he does all the work with the left hand anyway.

 

[Commodore 64]

It makes it much easier to buy guitars.

 

[Auriemma]

As long as she doesn't mind learning to play righty, go ahead. Like Comm 64 said, it will make her like easier as she starts her collection.

FWIW: When I was a kid, my grandfather taught me how to play pool. I realized many years later, he taught me to play lefty. I am right handed.