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 Posted: Wed Nov 8th, 2006 08:18 pm
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Hi there....Does anyone know where to get a left handed 5-string Banjo cord book???  THANKS!!!!

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 Posted: Wed Nov 8th, 2006 09:02 pm
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Hey I am not sure that this works very good, But you can hold the right hand tab up to a mirrow and it shows it for left hand.

Some one awhile back had a solution for it and I can't remember how it was, Maybe some one else has a fix for it.

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 Posted: Thu Nov 9th, 2006 12:06 am
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You can also  take a book and scan the chord charts into your computer.  Then use a photo editor to make a mirror image, and print that.

If it is a 5 string Bj, you can't restring it.  But with a Plectrum Bj you can restring with the high and low reversed.  Then the fingering is the same, just on the right hand.

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 Posted: Thu Nov 9th, 2006 02:14 am
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Most chord charts show the strings the same way: 1st string on the right, 5th string on the left. You just need to learn that the strings are laid out that way. Since most chord books just relate the string and a fret number, there isn't much need to worry about fingering. That is the only thing that you will need to stop and think about, but most fingerings are not set in stone, and are a reference only.

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 Posted: Thu Nov 9th, 2006 04:27 pm
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Thanks  EVERYONE!!!   I tried the mirror thing....I ended up with black spots all over my mirror....:D.  No,Really, I appreciate all the advice. I guess its something us leftys have to deal with. The scanner idea worked VERY well, THANK YOU!!!

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