Slack-key guitar Articles
Guitar > Slack-key guitar > Slack-key guitar Articles
Slack-key guitar
We have 1 page of Slack-key guitar Articles.
1.) Acoustic Guitar - Slack-Key Guitar
Over one day ago | Fri Feb 1 0:00:00 PST 2008
February 1, 2008 -- Loosen your strings and think about warm island weather with this soothing, laid-back style. Slack-key guitar has its origins in Hawaii during the...
2.) Acoustic Guitar - editor's note
Over one day ago | Mon Sep 1 0:00:00 PDT 2008
September 1, 2008 -- Shortly before this issue went to press, I had the pleasure of attending a guitar party at Fran Guidry"s home in northern California. Guidry is...
3.) Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Weekend calendar
Over one day ago | Fri Aug 29 0:00:00 PDT 2008
August 29, 2008 -- MUSIC/DANCE John Flanders & Double Helix, jazz/funk, today, 12:15 p.m., Exchange Place Plaza, 350 S. Main, free Kimo Watanabe, Hawaiian...
4.) Oakland Tribune - Art that uplifts (or at least gets you away for awhile)
Over one day ago | Sun Jul 6 0:00:00 PDT 2008
July 6, 2008 -- Gas prices. Disasters. War. Nasty politics. Denise Richards. Yes, the headlines are awfully grim these days. If it makes you long for a book,...
5.) Acoustic Guitar - Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow)
Over one day ago | Sat Dec 1 0:00:00 PST 2007
December 1, 2007 -- Keola Beamer Those familiar with Keola Beamer's lush, confident, slack-key style may be surprised at how far this recording strays from the expected...
6.) Acoustic Guitar - Steve Baughman
Over one day ago | Sat Mar 1 0:00:00 PST 2008
March 1, 2008 -- The Celtic fingerstylist explains how to use traditional music techniques like clawhammer picking and bagpipe-inspired embellishments. San Francisco...
7.) Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Music is language that resonates with guitarist
Over one day ago | Fri Oct 12 0:00:00 PDT 2007
October 12, 2007 -- Unlike some musicians, Jake White was not pushed into music -- not by parents who made him practice the piano, not by teachers who saw potential....
8.) Acoustic Guitar - Q&A: Punchy Nylon Strings
Over one day ago | Wed Jun 1 0:00:00 PDT 2005
June 1, 2005 -- Q I've recently taken up Hawaiian slack-key, which I occasionally play on my Taylor NS34ce nylon-string. I use D'Addario Pro Arté extra-hard...
9.) Acoustic Guitar - ALTERNATE TUNINGS
Over one day ago | Sat Jan 1 0:00:00 PST 2005
January 1, 2005 -- Curious about those unusual guitar tunings employed by Michael Hedges, Alex de Grassi, Nick Drake, Led Zeppelin, slack-key guitarists, and others?...
10.) Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Mahal brews a tuneful stew
Over one day ago | Sat Jul 12 0:00:00 PDT 2003
July 12, 2003 -- TAJ MAHAL, Red Butte Garden, Thursday. Starting with a blues base, Taj Mahal added a pinch of Cajun, a dash of western swing and a well-rounded...
More Offsite Slack-key guitar Resources
- A9 > Slack-key guitar
- Alexa > Slack-key guitar
- Blog Digests > Slack-key guitar
- DMOZ > Slack-key guitar
- Google > Slack-key guitar
- News Meme > Slack-key guitar
- Nuah: News > Slack-key guitar
- Nuah: Web > Slack-key guitar
- MSN > Slack-key guitar
- The Feed Directory > Slack-key guitar
- OBP > Slack-key guitar
- Open Stock Photography > Slack-key guitar
- Open Tag Directory > Slack-key guitar
- QuickWiki > Slack-key guitar
- SearchMapr > Slack-key guitar
- Torrents! > Slack-key guitar
- Topical Terminology > Slack-key guitar
- Podzy > Slack-key guitar
- Usenet News > Slack-key guitar
- Yahoo > Slack-key guitar
Topics
A guitar is a musical instrument characterized by its visually dominant body and neck. Guitar strings are strung parallel to the neck, whose surface is covered by the fingerboard (fretboard). By depressing a string against the fingerboard, the effective length of a string can be altered, which in turn changes the frequency at which the string will vibrate when plucked. Guitarists typically use one hand to pluck the strings and the other to depress the strings against the fingerboard. The strings may be plucked using either fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick), thus creating the sound of notes or chords. The strings of a guitar produce little sound by themselves. Instead, their vibration must be amplified to audibly useful levels. In general, this amplication is achieved either mechanically or electronically, with the result being that there are two main categories of guitar: acoustic (mechanical amplification) and electric (electronic amplification).




