Comments on: Left Handed Ukulele: How Do I Play and String It?

By: julian

julian — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:07:24 +0000

So does it really matter? I’m not so much left handed as left bodied…

By: lindsay

lindsay — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:25:27 +0000

gday ,, im left handed,play geetar and bass right handed too,
thinking of playing uke left handed,
you dont need left handed chord diagrams, most uke chords are 2 or 3 finger stuff anyway, use your eyes and convert them over!!! oh, and your BRAIN!
I taught myself left handed geetar from looking at people playing right handed its a piece of piss!
What i mean by this is, look at a D chord right handed,,,,,,,,,, it looks EXACTLY the same when we hold our guitars left handed, youjust need to train your eyes to your brain,,,,,, should take 5 mins……

By: laurel casey

laurel casey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:13 +0000

Okay, guys, just bought a Kama left handed tenor Ukelele – and hope to heck I made the right decision. I’m just SO left handed and used to play guitar, about thirty years ago, badly, but left handed. Found some left handed charts on-line. Now, dumb question, if it’s a left handed Uke. are the strings strung the same way as a right handed Uke- and also, can’t a person just switch regular charts backwards to make them work? Yes, I’m Deslexic too, and a bad speller. Any advice for me, greatly appreciated.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:38:13 +0000

I now have left handed Fluke and I found out that the way a Fluke is made the nut is not what keeps the strings off the fret board there is a little thing like a fret right at the nut which means any Fluke can be restrung left handed and will have no problem with buzzing strings, the Rosewood fret board also is the same way. I have found now other ukulele like that.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:12:10 +0000

I have two Kala’s, a Risa, and an Ohana all of which are left handed I do not convert the cords, I just see them the way they should be for me. I have done it for so long there is no converting. The two Kala’s came left handed Kala makes left handed ukulele’s in tenor models. Also the Risa has fret marks on both side’s of the neck so can be strung both way’s. The Ohana had the nut removed and a left handed one made. If you don’t do that the strings will not be at the right clerance on the fret board and can buzz.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:08:29 +0000

Man why does everyone think Jimi Hendrix played right lefty? He played right handed guitars because left handed guitars were not readily available at the time but he strung them left handed. In the future if you want to make such a reference call it pulling a “Dick Dale” who does in fact play right lefty. I myself am left handed and i play on a truly left handed guitar, but I can play a right handed guitar upside down with limited success… My advice would be to tune or restring so you are playing the uke like a righty would… They are designed the way they are for a reason and there’s no need to give yourself any extra hindrances when learning a new instrument, despite what ignorant rightys may think. The chord diagrams aren’t that hard to decipher.

By: how to play the ukulele

how to play the ukulele — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:14:17 +0000

Oof. That’s a tough one. I suppose you could pull a Jimi Hendrix and just flip it upside-down and learn to play it that way. Whenever I see a band where the guitar player is doing that, it literally blows my minds. All the chord shapes look completely foreign.

By: eme

eme — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:47:52 +0000

Hey fellow lefties! I have been playing ukulele for about 8 months and have been playing the right-hand way. So far ive had no problems whatsoever

By: Lasse

Lasse — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:36:00 +0000

I’m a leftie who just got a cheap uke. Doesn’t seem to be the same problem as with a guitar to change the tuning to fit lefties, at least with the AECG tuning. The two thinnest strings on the outside (A and G) can just be tuned to the opposite notes Same with the two thicker middle strings (C and E). The strings are similar enough in thickness that you don’t have to restring.
So change the tuning, not the strings or anything else. Works on the Beaver Creek $ 30.00 ukulele at least.

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:31:30 +0000

Don’t you have the same problem as you do with a guitar… if you reverse the strings, the thicker string create greater tension. The bracing has to be designed for that configuration- yes?