Can you play ukulele left-handed? Yes. Either buy a dedicated left-handed ukulele or restring a standard soprano ukulele so the low G string sits on the bottom and the high C string on top.
Hold the body on your right thigh with the neck pointing away, and use your right hand to fret chords.
Which type of ukulele is right for you?
Start with a soprano. It's the standard size, the cheapest, and the easiest to learn on. Concert and tenor ukuleles are bigger, with a deeper sound — worth a look if your hands are large or you want more low end, but skip them as a first instrument.
Make sure it's a left-handed ukulele
The strings need to run in reverse order: low G on the bottom, high C on top. Some shops sell lefty models off the shelf; otherwise any standard soprano can be restrung in five minutes. If you're buying online, say "left-handed" explicitly — a flipped photo isn't the same thing.
How to hold your ukulele
Body on your right thigh, neck pointing away from you, fretting hand on the right. That's the whole posture. It feels natural for lefties from the first minute — no breaking-in period.
Play some chords!
Three chords get you through most campfire songs: C, F, G. Fingerings for a lefty setup:
C chord: Index on the third fret of the low G string. Middle on the second fret of the C string. Ring on the first fret of the E string.
F chord: Index on the first fret of the low G string. Middle on the second fret of the C string. Ring on the third fret of the E string.
G chord: Index on the second fret of the low G string. Middle finger on the third fret of the E string. Ring finger on the third fret of the A string.
Next steps
Once those three chords feel automatic, learn one strumming pattern (down, down-up, up-down-up) and you've got the engine for hundreds of songs. The rest is reps.
