On May 27, 1840, when Paganini passed away in Nice, France, the famous Hungarian musician Franz Liszt wrote in his obituary with boundless grief: "I say without hesitation that there will never be a second Paganini."¡»

Liszt's words may be too absolute. However, in the history of music, it is indeed rare for people like Paganini to receive such enthusiastic praise for a long time after his death.

Since his successful performance in Vienna, the world's music capital, in 1828, the Italian violinist has become an idol of admiration; in 1831, he caused a huge sensation in Paris and London, and has lasted for a long time since then.

In the history of music, Paganini is known as the "King of the Violin" of the 19th century and the founder of Romantic music. He revolutionized the violin's playing technique and expanded its expressive power. His music and performances have deeply inspired and influenced the writing and acting of Liszt, Schumann, Brahms, Berlioz, Rachmanilov, and others. Therefore, as an exception, Paganini broke a law that has always been accepted in the music industry: immortal greatness can only be achieved by composers. On the contrary, Paganini won eternal praise, not mainly because he composed many famous violin pieces, but because of his performance.

For example, Paganini wrote a very difficult piece called "Infinite Motion". It is said that until now, only the best violinists could play it, but it also took 3 minutes and 30 seconds to play it. Paganini himself played it in just 3 minutes. What does this mean? According to calculations, this means that Paganini had to play 126 beats per minute, or 1008 music notes. More importantly, Paganini explained the piece with perfect timbre, as the German violinist Ludwig Spohr said: "He is very harmonious even when he is playing very fast!"

Paganini's remarkable skill naturally attracted the attention of researchers to his hands.

While in Marseille, Dr. Silas Pirondi observed that Paganini's collarbone had been formed in such a way that he could hold the violin firmly in the proper position by relying only on his chin and not on the support of his left hand, allowing him to play skillfully. Pirondi pointed out that it was once thought that his fingers were particularly long, which was a big misunderstanding. When his fingers were not moving, they were indeed of normal length, but appeared to be exceptionally slender. But "when playing, he was able to extend a little longer...". Pirondi was particularly amazed that "the appearance and softness of his left hand are so unique that he can turn his thumb back to an unusual extent without effort, for example". The Parisian doctor Francisco Benatti also said that Paganini "can make the first phalanx of each finger of the left hand... make a strange flexion movement, which can make the finger flexion sideways without moving the whole hand - and easily, accurately and nimbly..." Benatti marveled: "The Creator must have asked him to perfect this structural feature in practice".

Benati's words are quite interesting. But it was not because of the "Creator", but because of labor-protracted and diligent practice that produced Paganini's hand. When Engels put forward the epoch-making proposition that "the hand is not only an organ of labor, it is also a product of labor", he once pointed out that it is only because of labor, because of its adaptation to ever-changing movements, and because of the muscles, ligaments and the inheritance of the bones caused by this over a long period of time, and because these inherited dexterity are applied to new and more complex movements in increasingly new and new ways,"the human hand has achieved such a high degree of perfection. On this basis it was possible to produce as if by magic... Paganini's music.¡»

The secret of Paganini's hand lies here. Just think about it, before he was 6 years old, little Paganini received guidance from his music-loving father. He practiced the violin hard in his room for more than ten hours every day, and never stopped except for one critical illness. So, at the age of 9, he performed solo in his hometown and Florence, and at the age of 13, he had become a violinist. Later on, Paganini never relaxed and practiced during his travels in Europe and settled in Paris. Therefore, looking at his decades of hard work, it is not difficult for people to understand his wonderful playing skills.