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Experience I have played guitar for 30 years. Fifteen years of that time I spent traveling nationwide as a performer. I have owned and operated May Music Studio in Washington state for the last 20 years. I also teach piano and drums.
Recently I have started a website which provides absolutely free music lessons:
http://www.may-studio-music-lessons.com
I took guitar about 16 months a go, what an experience, so far it has been fun and rewarding, however I’m at a stage where I’m asking my self a very important question. Before taking guitar I always played air guitar fretting with my right hand which is my strong hand, whit out knowing or anybody telling me otherwise I taught it was natural for me to play fretting with mi right hand, I’m at a point where I notice my strumming is weak and doesn’t get any better because the left hand is my weak hand, so it seem I’m at a cross road, do I switch to have my strong hand strum and get my left hand used to fret or I keep strumming with my left hand and fretting with the right?
Will my left hand ever be more agile, maybe with practice? Which I do every day for a min of 1 hour, or change now since it’s not been that long since I took guitar?.
Thanks for your time
J.J
Answer Hi, JJ--
I am totally confused. Are you now playing a left handed guitar? If not, I don't understand how you are fretting with your right hand unless you are playing the guitar upside down--in which case you are accomplishing an almost impossible feat!
Are you right handed or left handed? Normally right handed people strum with the right hand and left handed people strum with the left hand. You just need to decide which is more comfortable for you, but if you ARE right handed, I would definitely try the right handed method of playing.
Let me know whether or not I understood your question correctly.
