Orbison) Ian Haugland (Europe) Steve Hewitt (Placebo) Dominic Howard (Muse) Gene Hoglan (Testament) Tom Hunting (Exodus) Mark Jackson (VNV Nation) Steve Jansen (Japan, The Dolphin Brothers, Nine Horses) Mika Karppinen (H.I.M.) plays open-handed Stan Levey (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra) right-handed and plays a complete left-handed kit Buddy Miles (Band of Gypsys) plays right-handed kit, but leads left-handed David Milhous (Lippy's Garden) right-handed and plays a complete left-handed kit Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs, Winger, Jelly Jam, Platypus) Steve Negus (Saga) Jerry Nolan (New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers) Ian Paice (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) Pat Pengelly (Bedouin Soundclash) Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) Simon Phillips (Toto) plays open-handed Brett Reed (Rancid) Neil Sanderson (Three Days Grace) plays on a right-handed kit, but leads with left hand Robert Schultzberg (Placebo) Al Sobrante (Green Day) Ringo Starr (The Beatles, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band) plays on a right-handed kit, but leads with left hand Sebastian Thomson (Baroness, Trans Am, Publicist) Michael Urbano (Smash Mouth) plays on a right-handed kit, but leads with left hand Hannes Van Dahl (Sabaton) Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) Javier Weyler (Stereophonics) Fred White (Earth, Wind & Fire) Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys) plays open-handed Eliot Zigmund (Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi) Violinists The violin can be learned in either hand, and most left-handed players hold the violin under the left side of their jaw, the same as right-handed players. This allows all violinists to sit together in an orchestra. Richard Barth Paavo Berglund (A well known Finnish left-handed conductor who also played violin, often joining orchestra players for chamber music just for fun. Due to the value of his violin collection he did not want to change his instruments and had trained himself to play left-handed on violins with a standard set-up.) Charlie Chaplin (wrote right-handed) Ornette Coleman Rudolf Kolisch Ashley MacIsaac Ukulele Paul McCartney Tiny Tim (played guitar right handed) Ian Whitcomb Trumpet Sharkey Bonano Freddie 'Posey' Jenkins Wingy Manone Paul McCartney French horn The French horn is a naturally left-handed instrument, with the right hand only used to shade the pitch sharp or flat. Right-handed horns exist but are comparatively rare. Trombone Slide Hampton Banjo Elizabeth Cotten Cheick Hamala Diabate Paul McCartney Mandolin Cheyenne Kimball Paul McCartney Bansuri Hariprasad Chaurasia, right-handed, started his career playing the bansuri, a side-blown flute, right-handed, and switched to left-handed playing References Bibliography External links Left-handed guitarists and drummers Famous Left Handed