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Bill Clements has one arm, still plays too many notes

xadai · 2006-09-11 19:05:21

Bill Clements is a Michigan bass player with one arm (or at least one hand). Fortunately, it's his left arm, and he's exceptionally good at playing jazz bass with that it (and a bandanna tied around the neck to stop notes ringing on). Videos: http://lombaxomba.blogspot.com/2006/09/bill-clements.html

11-09-2006 7:05pm

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Bill Clements is a Michigan bass player with one arm (or at least one hand). Fortunately, it's his left arm, and he's exceptionally good at playing jazz bass with that it (and a bandanna tied around the neck to stop notes ringing on).

Videos: http://lombaxomba.blogspot.com/2006/09/bill-clements.html

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#2 11-09-2006 7:09pm

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That's impressive. Oddly enough though, when I was practicing playing legato, I also tied a bandana around the neck.

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#3 11-09-2006 7:49pm

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Holy wowfactory.

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#4 11-09-2006 8:52pm

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Legato kicks ass :cool:

/yup

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#5 11-09-2006 9:54pm

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Blargh...

Fret **** with one hand... What a waste of your remaining digets

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#6 12-09-2006 6:40pm

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Similar case in Django Reinhardt, trully spectacular jazz guitarist, but only two fingers on his fretting hand!!!! He was in a fire when he was young, so his baby and ring fingers were shrivelled up and unusable. He's gotta be heard to be believed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt

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#7 12-09-2006 6:59pm

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Django's where it's at as far as guitar acrobatics goes.

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