Watch Elizabeth Cotten show her 2-finger "Cotten Pickin'" style on her upside-down guitar

This is the first finger-picking song I learned, right-handed, and it really is pretty easy to do. For better or worse two-finger style is now so natural I find it really hard to throw a third finger into my right-hand technique for more complex Fahey/Kottke stuff.

Otis Rush also.

I have lefty friends who tried to learn guitar that way and didn’t get far, and I think most righty guitar teachers can’t really give them any advice since it’s backwards to us, like trying to play drums mounted on the ceiling. You either figure it out on your own or find another player in that style for tips.

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