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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 ...
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 ...
Ernie Ball. Bucky Baxter. Jeff Baxter. Richard Bennett (guitarist) Bruce Bouton. Gene Bowen.
The addition of pedals made steel guitar a country music staple, while blues and jazz musicians adopted the slide guitar, which utilized a similar gliding technique while holding the guitar upright.
The Steel Guitar Hall of Fame is an organization established in the United States in 1978 to recognize achievement in the art of playing the steel guitar. The organization's stated purpose is: To establish a Hall of Fame and Museum to support the art, popularity, and prestige of the steel guitar, to honor those musicians and composers who have ...
Country, Honky-Tonk. Occupation (s) Musician. Years active. 1942–2008. Website. Don Helms official Myspace. Donald Hugh Helms [ 1] (February 28, 1927 – August 11, 2008) was a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams 's Drifting Cowboys group. [ 2] He was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1984).
The pedal steel guitar is a console -type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play unlimited glissandi (sliding notes) and deep vibrati —characteristics it shares with the human voice.
The steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar that descends from the gut-strung Romantic guitar, [ 1] but is strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. Like the modern classical guitar, it is often referred to simply as an acoustic guitar, or sometimes as a folk guitar . The most common type is often called a flat top ...