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Injury's limitation only made guitarist more versatile - South Bend Tribune

Guitarist Andreas Kapsalis severed a tendon on a finger of his left hand in 1994. The injury seemed likely to render his life as a stringed- instrument player over.Unwilling to give up playing, Kapsalis began making music on the six strings using just his right hand, pressing his fingers against the fretboard forcefully enough to generate tones. He soon developed an advanced technique using the method, but his left hand Was still largely useless."Not having that finger Was a pretty tragic idea for me," Kapsalis says. "At the time, I didn't know about Django Reinhardt." Reinhardt lost the use of two left-hand fingers in a 1928 fire but still became a legendary jazz guitarist.For Kapsalis, however, an amazing thing happened: Kapsalis' left hand recovered fully. Through extensive therapy, he regained the use of his injured digit and Was back in action, with his new theory at his disposal, to boot. "All of a sudden, I Was doing things I couldn't dream of doing before the accident," he says. "I could harmonize with myself."Now, he blends conventional techniques with his own innovations. Using several guitar tunings, from the standard EADGBE to open-string variants such as DADGAD and several of his own - More available

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