The guitarist with only one hand has been moving listeners not because of his disability but his talent. No one would believe the sound from his guitar comes from the instrument of a disabled guitarist.

Guitarist The Vinh.

Having returned from a charity tour of France and Germany, Nguyen The Vinh is now participating in the concert tour of singer Anh Tuyet and ATB band.

Three years ago, The Vinh appeared on the stage for the first time in a Trinh Cong Son music show at Hoi Ngo night club in HCM City. At that time, he came to music as an amateur and music was a friend which helped him avoid loneliness. These days, music is a source of great happiness for the disabled guitarist.

“I only do what I can do. My soul is the soul of an artist. You will surely realise it, because thanks to it, I can come to music and play guitar. I know that I have a certain restriction of skills,” The Vinh said.

“I couldn’t be a real artist. But when I express my feelings in music, I can tell others about my experience so I’m an artist for myself,” he added.

When he was 8 years old, The Vinh fell off a cow he was tending. His right arm broke and gangrene set in. The arm had to be amputated.

He saw a guitar for the first time when he was 12. Three years later, he could play with his left hand.

“Whenever I liked, I played guitar. Sometimes I played guitar the whole day and night. But sometimes I didn’t touch my guitar for a month,” The Vinh said.

He practiced playing guitar everyday when he was invited to perform on stage. He studied musical theory himself. The Vinh plans to write a curriculum (with video clips) for one-handed guitarists like him. Besides guitar, he can also play the harmonica very well.

Growing up in the southern province of Binh Thuan, The Vinh went to HCM City to study advertisement painting as an occupation. But he entered the Economic University. He holds a mathematics, physics and chemistry class for high-school students in Binh Thuan.

VietNamNet/TP