BUILT FOR LEFT-HANDED GUITARISTS
Learn guitar without flipping everything in your head.
Left-handed chords, scales, lessons and practical tools, made for the way you actually hold your guitar.
Every diagram is designed for left-handed players.
Start here.
Getting it right for lefties.
No clutter. No working backwards.
01 / CHORDS
Find a Chord
Left-handed chord shapes, fingerings and practical ways to use them.
Browse Chords →02 / SCALES
Find a Scale
Left-handed scale patterns that help you understand the fretboard and make music with it.
Explore Scales →03 / LEARN
Build Your Skills
Lessons on technique, theory and how to actually get better.
Start Learning →04 / TOOLS
Check out our tools
Tools for practice, fretboard knowledge and songwriting.
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Your free guitar theory guide
Learn notes, scales and chords from your side of the neck.
Start with the basics and see how they fit together, with clear explanations and diagrams made for left-handed guitarists.
- Understand notes, semitones and octaves.
- Follow left-handed scale charts with matching TAB.
- See how scales become chords and progressions.
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WHY THIS SITE EXISTS
Guitar learning shouldn’t feel backwards.
Most guitar resources are made for right-handed players, leaving lefties to reverse diagrams and instructions in their heads.
The Lefty Guitarist is created by a left-handed guitarist for left-handed guitarists. Every resource is designed to remove that friction and help you spend more time actually playing.
Correct orientation
Diagrams shown for left-handed players.
Clear explanations
Plain language, useful detail.
Practical first
Learn something you can play today.
Ready to Play?
Start with the chord library and find a shape you can use today.