Django Reinhardt is perhaps the greatest jazz guitarist (if not the greatest guitarist in any genre of music) to have ever lived. He's well known for his technical riffs, but little did I know until watching this video that he does this all using only two fingers. TWO fingers!
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Just think what he could have done with four...
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Ummm, well he does use four fingers when he needs to; you can see it on those rare occassions he plays a chord. What is impressive is how far back he keeps his last two fingers when he isn't using them. THAT takes an unbelievable amount of practice.
Or mutant fingers.
Or a devestating injury.
Reinhardt suffered severe burns to his body when he was a teen, including his last two fingers which left them partially paralyzed.
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