Tips for a lefty

Playing Technique
#1

Hi everyone,

First time posting, I’m 41 year old acoustic player (I have electrics too but mainly acoustic). Been playing guitar since I was 11/12. I’ve always found speedy lick have not come naturally to me, I have a very hard time breaking 160 BPM with any kind of passage. In any case I’m glad to be here and have started going through the basic motion tests to see where I fall.

I know conventionally you’d just say, if you’re a lefty just reverse the exercises and away you go, however I’m a lefty who plays right handed, and what I’ve noticed is that all these functional exercises (like the scratching wrist ones) are significantly more comfortable and consistent with my left hand/wrist/arm than for my right. So I guess what I’m wondering is if anyone has any suggestions for this unique situation? I’m not willing to switch to lefty at this point.

Right now I’m thinking that maybe I should imagine I broke my left hand and start doing everything with my right. Or maybe this isn’t a big deal and I can work this out with more focused practice on the instrument instead?

#2

Go through Primer with RH as picking hand: conduct tap tests, take fastest/easiest motion to guitar, review picking motion tutorial for your motion, work on chunking by going over to Synchronicity seminar, work on single string sync, id escape, try two strings… profit.

#3

I’m a lefty who learned how to play both ways, then lost the ability to play either way due to focal dystonia and then recovered and went from ~110bpm 16th notes to 190-200bpm right handed (and I guess 250-300bpm as a lefty but I play mostly right-handed now) thanks to this community.

I feel like this is my time to shine and give back to the community, so ask away and I’ll be happy to answer based on my experience.

Would be happy to hang out over a Zoom call of southpaws.