Worn 503

DjangoDjango

Hi

I was playing guitar and thought about a picture of Django's guitar
Why is the wood worn on the ride side of the strings of Django's guitar, because when I play I dont even touch the wood with the plectrum ?

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lmntry

Finger drag

DjangoDjango

lmntry wrote:

Finger drag

Thanks ! I saw that Jimmy Rosenberg drags his fingers (pink) over the wood of the guitar, I thought Django hold his plectrum with his hands like a fist ? im not sure.

klaatu

DjangoDjango wrote:

... I thought Django hold his plectrum with his hands like a fist ? im not sure.

This famous video shows that his right hand is pretty relaxed, with loose fingers (Tchavolo is one who comes to mind whose right hand is very fistlike):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-6AH-S8L8&feature=related

You also can see in the opening part how he uses the crippled small fingers of the left hand in chording.

Teddy Dupont

You can see clearly here how his ring and little fingers sometimes touched the guitar top:-

djangology

i cant even get my hand to pose like that. my hand is built totally different than django.

klaatu

I can get mine to pose like that. Playing like that is another matter entirely.

DjangoDjango

Wow , never noticed that in the J'attendrai video. And in the picture you can really see the worn wood under his finger. I thought the worn wood just looks cool.

Teddy Dupont

DjangoDjango wrote:

Wow , never noticed that in the J'attendrai video.

Those two fingers are quite loose in the intro (see below) but tighter during the rest of the recording.