Left handed guitar ยท free chart # Left handed guitar chords, *drawn the way you see them.* Almost every chord chart is drawn for right handed players. I play guitar left handed, so these are drawn our way round: thick string on the right. [Get the free chart](https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/assets/downloads/left-handed-guitar-chords-a4.pdf) A4, or [US Letter](https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/assets/downloads/left-handed-guitar-chords-us-letter.pdf) - **Free** to print and share - **Eight** first chords - **US$9** [the full pack](https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/left-handed-guitar-chords#h-pack) Try them ## Strum each chord, left handed Choose a chord, see where your fingers go, and strum it. The box is drawn left handed: you are looking at the neck standing up, with the thickest string on the right. *A playable guitar chord chart is on the web page here: choose a chord, see where the fingers go, and strum it.* Play right handed? Untick **Left handed view** and the box flips. Print it ## The free chart One page with the first eight chords I teach: E minor, E, A minor, A, D, D minor, G and C. They are in the order I teach them, because most of them share something with the chord before. Under each box is the note every string sounds, so you can check a chord one string at a time. [Download the chart, A4](https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/assets/downloads/left-handed-guitar-chords-a4.pdf) [US Letter](https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/assets/downloads/left-handed-guitar-chords-us-letter.pdf) ### How to read a left handed chord box - The thick line at the top is the nut. - The thickest string is on the right, the thinnest on the left. - A dot is a finger, and the number in it says which one. - O means play that string open. X means leave it out. Every other chord chart ## Reading right handed chord boxes Books, websites and apps nearly always draw chord boxes right handed, with the thickest string on the left. A left hander reads the same box as a mirror image. - Find the thickest string first. In a printed box it is the left edge. On your guitar, standing up and facing you, it is the right edge. - Count strings, not sides. String 5 is the second string in from the thick edge, whichever way the box is drawn. - Tab needs no flipping. It shows string numbers and fret numbers, and those are the same on every guitar. The full pack ## The Left Handed Guitar Starter Pack The free chart is one page of a longer pack I have put together for left handed beginners. Every chord box, neck map and scale in it is drawn left handed. It is a download: 29 pages in A4 and US Letter, with a wall poster. It costs US$9 through Gumroad, and the files are yours straight away. [Buy the pack, US$9](https://gumroad.com/l/hodztc) - 51 chord shapes, from the first eight to barre chords, each one checked note by note - How to read chord boxes and tab, and how to read right handed boxes - Strumming patterns, chord changes and four progressions - A four week practice plan and a practice log - A wall poster of the first sixteen chords Questions ## Questions about left handed guitar chords ### Are left handed guitar chords different from right handed chords? The chords are the same, and so are the fingers you use. Only the picture changes. A left handed chord box is the mirror image of a right handed one, with the thickest string on the right. ### How do I read a right handed chord chart if I play left handed? Read it as a mirror image. In a printed box the thickest string is on the left. On a left handed guitar it is on the right, so each dot swaps sides. String numbers and fret numbers stay the same. ### Is guitar tab different for left handed players? No. Tab shows string numbers and fret numbers, and those are the same on every guitar. ### Which chords should a left handed beginner learn first? The same eight every beginner starts with: E minor, E, A minor, A, D, D minor, G and C. They are on the free chart on this page, in the order I teach them. ### What is in the Left Handed Guitar Starter Pack? It is a 29 page download for left handed beginners: 51 chord shapes, tab, strumming, barre chords, a first scale and a four week practice plan, with a wall poster. It costs US$9 and is sold through [Gumroad](https://gumroad.com/l/hodztc). ### Do you teach left handed guitar lessons? Yes, in Long Bay, Auckland. I play guitar left handed, and so does every guitar in my studio. The detail is on the [left handed guitar lessons](https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/left-handed-guitar-lessons) page. In person ## Left handed guitar lessons in Auckland I teach guitar one to one in Long Bay, on Auckland's North Shore. I play left handed, and so does every guitar in my studio. [Left handed lessons](https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/left-handed-guitar-lessons) or text [021 162 3447](tel:+64211623447) --- Source: https://musictuitionstudio.co.nz/left-handed-guitar-chords Last updated: 12 November 2026