Tom from Holland joins!

[Tomgh]

Hey
I'm Tom. I came across this site, and its so clear and good looking. I think I can learn a lot here. I've been playing the guitar for about 7 years now. I do know a lot about basic music theory, but not much about Jazz, though I really appreciate it. (I do play a lot RnB)
Two years ago I had kind of a setback, I majorly injured my left wrist. When it became clear to me that I couldn't play the guitar anymore, I was searching for other instruments to play. I picked up the chromatic harmonica. The harmonica alone didn't give me enough motivation to continue practicing.
So.. since last month I started to learn myself how to play the guitar left handed. I also started a blog. You can take a look if you want Mirror Guitar Playing
I'm posting progression, vids, sometimes lessons or just funny music compositions. Anything to keep me busy and keep my motivation high!

But I won't be on these forums a lot for the guitar, I'm still a left-handed noob, trying to get used to all the open chords.
I'll be here in hopes to learn a lot about jazz theory and apply it to my harmonica play. There aren't a lot harmonica websites, and the ones that exist aren't very popular.

[cmajor9]

Hi Tom,

Welcome aboard. I'm in Germany, so we're probably in the same time zone.

Your left-handed site looks interesting, thanks for the link. It must be a challenge relearning for "mirror guitar playing," but hopefully it will lead to some new discoveries for you.

[Little Jay]

[dutch mode]

Welkom op het jazzforum!



Verder gaat 't in het engels hier...


[/dutch mode]

[ajh10036]

Tom, that's a really incredible thing your doing; relearning the guitar all over again. I give you a lot of credit. I think you will like this site a lot. The people are very friendly and knowledgeable. Best of luck, Andy

[23skidoo]

Welcome..... and good luck with it, Tom, I have an idea how hard it is.... my wife is a lefty and I taught her a bit of guitar. Takes some getting used to, but in teaching her, I ended up learning to play most of the open chords and barre chords left handed - but I can't imagine trying to make it sound good! Much respect for the effort....

[gingerjazz]

Hi tom do you play crossharp,who are your heroes on harmoica i love little walter i also like paul jones.

[pierre richard]

welcome here man to this great site...

lots to be learned..

time on the instrument...pierre

[Tomgh]

Woww thx for the responses guys, I can already tell this is one warm community.

Originally Posted by gingerjazz

Hi tom do you play crossharp,who are your heroes on harmoica i love little walter i also like paul jones.

No noo, crossharp that just applies to diatonic harmonica (right?). I'm really bad at bending notes. So I use the chromatic. By sliding into notes and like hammer-on (with the switch) I can bind the notes together. That plus reverb makes it sound smooth, but other than that I still have a lot to learn technique-wise.
My harmonica hero is Stevie Wonder no doubt haha.

[markf]

good luck with it, should be able to do it.


are you gonna use a right hand guitar upside down ? (jimmy)

[Tomgh]

Originally Posted by markf

good luck with it, should be able to do it.


are you gonna use a right hand guitar upside down ? (jimmy)

No, I thought of that (so I could use my right handed guitars). But I think you would be limited at playing chords. And by flipping the strings its easier to adjust (mirror) from what I already know.
I did turn my right handed guitar upside down + flip the strings but I couldn't get it in tune. I don't notice when playing open chords, but the further I go to the bridge to more 'off' - tuned to notes become.

[pollysurfs]

that's awesome tom, things in life happen and if we can figure out how to overcome the bad we become stronger. i've always wondered if i'd be a better player playing lefty, as i'm self taught i seem to stumble into dry spells so to say, anyway welcome and good luck, playing music makes me feel great and takes me away from where i am in the daily grind of life