Guitar legend known as "Axel" - Fastest guitarist ever

This rare footage of the Colombian guitarist known simply as Axel documents record-breaking guitar shredding speeds of nearly 10,000 notes per second. Current technology lacks the sophistication to fully duplicate the rapidity of the finger motion or articulation of every note, as does human sensory perception, but the soaring spiritual essence of the music is still captured in these few seconds of film.

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