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Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that reflect characteristics of the human singing voice. It typically involves playing the guitar in the ...
Steel bar (tonebar) used to play certain types of steel guitars Several kinds of steel bars. A steel bar, commonly referred to as a "steel", but also referred to as a tone bar, [1] slide bar, [2] guitar slide, slide, [3] or bottleneck, [4] is a smooth hard object which is pressed against strings to play steel guitar and is itself the origin of the name "steel guitar". [5]
The guitar he played was a Rickenbacker A22, nicknamed the "Frying Pan". [36]: 837 Formerly a trombone player, Dunn's guitar playing introduced horn-like solos, with the staccato phrasing of jazz players, and, according to historian Andy Volk, was of indelible influence on subsequent generations of steel players. [2]: 90
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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".
Chuck Berry's showmanship has been influential on other rock guitar players. [3] He used a one-legged hop routine, [5] and the "duckwalk", [6] which he first used as a child when he walked "stooping with full-bended knees, but with my back and head vertical" under a table to retrieve a ball and his family found it entertaining; he used it when "performing in New York for the first time and ...
In classical guitar, the right hand is developed in such a way that it can sustain two, three, and four voice harmonies while also paying special attention to tone production. The index (i), middle (m), and ring (a) fingers are generally used to play the melody, while the thumb (p) accompanies in the bass register adding harmony and produces a ...
Pedals were added to a lap steel guitar in 1940, allowing the performer to play a major scale without moving the bar and also to push the pedals while striking a chord, making passing notes slur or bend up into harmony with existing notes. The latter creates a unique sound that has been popular in country and western music— a sound not ...