Members RUExp? Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 in this article I came across about wrist deformity. Scroll downhttp://www.divdev.fsnet.co.uk/dysch.htm I got the link from this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4AU7oK-xMQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Leftovercrack Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 interesting read i always thought he had weird wrists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Fascinating, Captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 I dont get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members music321 Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 I dont get it. when playing guitar, the hand is bent toward the arm. this is "flexion." doing it is "flexing" the hand. this brings the hand closer so the humerus (bone in upper arm). this, in turn allows for easier finger placement on the fretboard. and this allows, all else being equal, the guitar to be played like a sonabitch. the red line in the article indicated how a normal person's fingers line up w/ their wrist. the green line representd the alignment of jimi's fingers. i'm not religious, but this reminds me of a religious story (i don't know from what religion): a farmer had a field 100 yards from a well. everyday, the farmer carried his two magical talking buckets to the well, filled them with water, and walked to his field. one day, as the farmer went to get his buckets, he saw that one of them was crying. "what's wrong, friend?" asked the farmer. "i am a failure as a bucket. carrying water is the only thing i can do, and i don't do it well." "don't say that" said the farmer, "you do a fine job". "how can you say that" said the bucket. "my side is split. by the time you reach the field, half of my water is gone. the other bucket is perfect, and can carry all of the water to the field." the farmer smiled. "that is why you are so valuable, friend. every day as we walk toward the field, you sprinkle water. because of this, there grows a carpet of flowers along the path. without the split in your side, there would be only barren sand." Regarding the wrist, it seems that jimi's "deformity" was actually his super-human mutation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 when playing guitar, the hand is bent toward the arm. this is "flexion." doing it is "flexing" the hand. this brings the hand closer so the humerus (bone in upper arm). this, in turn allows for easier finger placement on the fretboard. and this allows, all else being equal, the guitar to be played like a sonabitch. the red line in the article indicated how a normal person's fingers line up w/ their wrist. the green line representd the alignment of jimi's fingers. i'm not religious, but this reminds me of a religious story (i don't know from what religion): a farmer had a field 100 yards from a well. everyday, the farmer carried his two magical talking buckets to the well, filled them with water, and walked to his field. one day, as the farmer went to get his buckets, he saw that one of them was crying. "what's wrong, friend?" asked the farmer. "i am a failure as a bucket. carrying water is the only thing i can do, and i don't do it well." "don't say that" said the farmer, "you do a fine job". "how can you say that" said the bucket. "my side is split. by the time you reach the field, half of my water is gone. the other bucket is perfect, and can carry all of the water to the field." the farmer smiled. "that is why you are so valuable, friend. every day as we walk toward the field, you sprinkle water. because of this, there grows a carpet of flowers along the path. without the split in your side, there would be only barren sand." Regarding the wrist, it seems that jimi's "deformity" was actually his super-human mutation. GUITARIST EVOLUTION! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minitruth Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Damn, he had some long ass fingers. No wonder he had no problem wrappingthe thumb over the neck the way he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 what an irritating bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Damn, he had some long ass fingers. No wonder he had no problem wrappingthe thumb over the neck the way he did. And other archetypal spiderfinger players included Robert Johnson and Chuck Berry. Irritating bastards the pair of 'em ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minitruth Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm an irritating bastard, or so I've been told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 And other archetypal spiderfinger players included Robert Johnson and Chuck Berry.Irritating bastards the pair of 'em ... Then again, we do have rock and roll thanks to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minitruth Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Then again, we do have rock and roll thanks to them. Ever see Albert King's hands? He looked like he could have crushed your skull between two fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted January 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Jeff Beck said he once put his palm up to Jimi's palm and Jimi's fingers were at least an inch longer than his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm an irritating bastard, or so I've been told.Me, I'm just a garden variety asshole myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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