Django technique

[joeyd929]

Forgive me if I spelled the name wrong. I was researching Django Reinhardt and have always been curious how he played scales with only two fingers after his accident.

My curiosity has got the best of me, I am hoping someone out there can explain how he played in such a scale-wise manner with only two fingers.

Any1?

[BlakeWard]

I have a magazine article somewhere.. I'll work on finding it (I have a rather large pile of magazines ;P)

EDIT:
I found it online, however it's not all about his picking technique, but rather his style.. still interesting
The Article (http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/10-things-you/Aug-07/30248)
Examples (http://guitarplayertv.com/?channel=gptv_h07_django&videofile=gplessons/gptv_h07_djangoex3c)

[joeyd929]

I have a magazine article somewhere.. I'll work on finding it (I have a rather large pile of magazines ;P)

EDIT:
I found it online, however it's not all about his picking technique, but rather his style.. still interesting
The Article (http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/10-things-you/Aug-07/30248)
Examples (http://guitarplayertv.com/?channel=gptv_h07_django&videofile=gplessons/gptv_h07_djangoex3c)

Thanx:D:D:D

[ragasaraswati]

There are actually wholemember players out there that are influenced by Django and play solely on two fingers. Talk about idiocity.

[NSM]

As far as I'm aware, only one video of Django playing a solo exists. It would help you to answer your question if you watched it!! Fortunately it's on Youtube - check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJ7bs4mTUY

[Luk_PL]

Heres forum about Django (http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/index.php?sid=5eb7897bf5ac113b197507e4c4d06cdb) :)
Theres a lot info about hes style & techniques there.

[JonR]

Forgive me if I spelled the name wrong. I was researching Django Reinhardt and have always been curious how he played scales with only two fingers after his accident.

My curiosity has got the best of me, I am hoping someone out there can explain how he played in such a scale-wise manner with only two fingers.

Any1?The simple answer may be that he didn't play scales (much). He played a lot of pentatonic phrases (2 notes per string), and diminished arpeggios (ditto).
And he could play scales (3 notes per string) using 1 finger for 2 notes - he was certainly fast enough to do that seamlessly.

You'll see on that youtube video an astonishing chromatic run (watch out around 2:53) showing just how fast those 2 fingers could move.
(And notice he does it all without opening his mouth in a silent scream, or putting his foot on the monitor, or shaking his long hair in the wind... ;))

Otherwise the solo is an object lesson in sensitive dynamic control and melodic phrasing. (The speed is a side issue.)