Does a left handed person need to learn to play guitar left-handed? Or does it not matter?

Question by Glenn D: Does a left handed person need to learn to play guitar left-handed? Or does it not matter?
I have a new guitar student just about to start. He is left handed, but isn’t sure he needs to learn left-handed. Is there a consensus that he is destined to be limited by left handed instruments and learning materials?

Best answer:

Answer by OnTheRock
Starting from scratch it would be better to learn right handed (and easier for you to teach him that way). I had a left handed teacher once and it really was hard to transfer what he was doing to what I was doing because it all looked backwards. If you do it, you should sit across from him instead of next to him.

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