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2. The Hawaiian steel guitar changed American music. Can ... - AOL

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   Stephanie Yang. April 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Steel guitar music started on the island of Oahu — and teachers there are working with the next generation of students to continue the tradition. (Kent ...

3. Paul Franklin (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Paul V. Franklin (born May 31, 1954 [1]) is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell 's road band; in addition he toured with Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed and Dire Straits. Paul is currently touring with Chris Stapleton.

4. Lap steel guitar - Wikipedia

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   Developed. 1885. Playing range. Variable depending on choice of tuning. The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or Lap Slide Guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of playing a traditional acoustic ...

5. Tom Bradshaw (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Tom Bradshaw (musician) Thomas Lewis Bradshaw (born February 14, 1935) is an American steel guitarist, journalist, music historian and businessman and who is known for his contributions to the pedagogy of steel guitar. He is a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (2006). [1] Bradshaw is noted for creating what is now an international ...

6. Oahu Music Company - Wikipedia

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   The Oahu Music Company was a music education program in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s to teach students to play the Hawaiian Guitar. Popular culture in America became fascinated with Hawaiian music during the first half of the twentieth century [1] and in 1916, recordings of indigenous Hawaiian instruments outsold every other genre of music in the U.S. [2] By 1920, sales of ...

7. Steel guitar - Wikipedia

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   A steel guitar (Hawaiian: kīkākila[1]) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conventional guitar in that it is played without using frets; conceptually, it is somewhat akin to ...