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Guitar Position
Hi everyone,
Not sure if this will make sense, but when I started to learn guitar I felt comfortable (when sitting down) to have the guitar resting on my left leg – a kind of a classical guitar posture which was how I got into it. Then, I started to switch to the more traditional resting on my right leg. (I am right handed)
Now, I am finding it very hard to do barre chords or let us say more complex finger position with my left hand (fret), mostly my strings are not clean if that makes sense. I keep having a part of my hand basically messing the sound. But when I switch to my left leg, I can do cleaner chords and positions are easier for me.
So the question is, does it really matter? I see Tony with the guitar on the right leg and maybe I am overthinking this. Has anyone experienced the same? Am I doing something wrong and could potentially improve when putting the guitar on the right leg? I might be overthinking this 🙂
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3 Replies
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Hey @rocha1573 – Either position is fine. Do what works for you.
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Yes @rocha1573 , I agree with @Loraine , do it the way you like best. I also like to play the way you described (guitar resting on my left leg). I hold the neck at a 30 to 45 degree angle (from the floor) and that gives me all the room I need to move up and down the neck – no elbow stuck in the ribs while playing. 👍😎
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This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by Bill_Brown.
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This reply was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by
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Thank you @Loraine and @Bill_Brown! Makes complete sense and I agree, it has to be comfortable for you. I did play mostly electric guitar, and having that one on right leg is no biggie, but the acoustic, different beast hahaha 🙂 Thank you again!
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