Must a lefthanded person learn to play a lefthanded guitar?

No, they do not. When you start learning guitar both hands will be doing very unfamiliar tasks, so it wouldn't be all that much different teaching your dominant or non-dominant hand to play either role, strumming/picking or fretting. Playing right handed will also allow you to find guitars far more easily. I feel really sorry for left handed players because they can almost never walk into a store and find guitars to actually try out in person.

No. It all depends on personal preference.

I write with my right hand, but do a ton of things with my left. bowling, holding a cup, brushing teeth, brushing hair, ect...

I also started out left handed on the guitar, but then I developed an annoying twitch/shake, so I had to switch it around and learn all over again. :/

If you're wanting to learn, I'd buy 2 (very cheap) guitars. One for each; left and right. Try learning on each one for a while, and see which one is easier for you. Once you figure it out, sell the other one.

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Why is everyone getting a thumbs down? Even the people who are giving good answers. I'm officially starting to think this is a troll question, and you just wanted to see how many people took you seriously.

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Once you get into the swing of playing it's only up to you what you find comfortable and how you learn and play best. It's all about the individual my man. Play however you want! Swim against streams and rage against machines <3 <3 <3

No because I right with my left hand and I play with a normal guitar.

you do not need to learn to play on a left-handed guitar. some of my friends and i are left-handed and we play guitar as if we were right handed.

No.

Whatever is comfortable.

Usually playing with the dominant hand for strumming and plucking is comfortable than trying to learn with the other.

Just do what Jimi Hendrix did! Play RH guitar upside down! HEEEEELLLLLL YEAH! Prple Haze all day!

you dont have to but most people find it more comforable to play the type of guitar that suits them.

Um... There's no such thing as a "Left handed guitar"... They just flip the guitar the other way.