Author: Lorene RuymarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guitar
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians
Author: Lorene RuymarPublisher: Centerstream Publications
ISBN: 9781574240214
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
(Fretted). The term "steel guitar" can refer to instruments with multiple tunings, 6 to 14 strings, and even multiple fretboards. To add even more confusion, the term "Hawaiian guitar" refers to an instrument played flat on the lap with a steel bar outside of Hawaii, but in Hawaii, it is the early term for the slack key guitar. Lorene Ruymar clears up the confusion in her new book that takes a look at Hawaiian music; the origin of the steel guitar and its spread throughout the world; Hawaiian playing styles, techniques and tunings; and more. Includes hundreds of photos, a foreword by Jerry Byrd, and a bibliography and suggested reading list.
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians Compiled and
Author: Lorene RuymarThe Art of Hawaiian Steel Guitar
Author: Stacy PhillipsPublisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610654757
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
This book is an excellent study of the history and unique musical stylings of the Hawaiian guitar. Stacy Phillips successfully pinpoints the characteristics of Hawaiian guitar solos. A special feature is the inclusion of a superb historical survey of Hawaiian music. Written in tablature only, G tuning. DeWitt Scott comments: There are two types of Hawaiian music, the 'authentic' style and the 'tourist' style. Stacy is presenting the 'authentic' style and this is much needed to keep the Hawaiian music alive.
The Art of Hawaiian Steel Guitar, Volume 2
Author: Stacy PhillipsPublisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610656954
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Volume 2 continues the exploration of the classic Hawaiian guitar solos from the Golden Age of Hawaiian music that began in Volume One of the Art of Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Contained here are precise transcriptions and playing hints of classic tunes like 'Hula Girl' and 'Kaala', by the greatest players like Sol Hoopii, the Genial Hawaiians, and many others. Together with the accompanying CD, this book is a great tool for learning this exquisite slide guitar style. Easy to use by both acoustic, resonator and electric slide players. A whole chapter of Hawaiian turnarounds is an added bonus. Most of the tunes are in major tuning but there are several in B minor and C6.
Kīkā Kila
Author: John William TroutmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781469627946
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages :
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Kika Kila
Author: John W. TroutmanPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469627930
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Since the nineteenth century, the distinct tones of k&299;k&257; kila, the Hawaiian steel guitar, have defined the island sound. Here historian and steel guitarist John W. Troutman offers the instrument's definitive history, from its discovery by a young Hawaiian royalist named Joseph Kekuku to its revolutionary influence on American and world music. During the early twentieth century, Hawaiian musicians traveled the globe, from tent shows in the Mississippi Delta, where they shaped the new sounds of country and the blues, to regal theaters and vaudeville stages in New York, Berlin, Kolkata, and beyond. In the process, Hawaiian guitarists recast the role of the guitar in modern life. But as Troutman explains, by the 1970s the instrument's embrace and adoption overseas also worked to challenge its cultural legitimacy in the eyes of a new generation of Hawaiian musicians. As a consequence, the indigenous instrument nearly disappeared in its homeland. Using rich musical and historical sources, including interviews with musicians and their descendants, Troutman provides the complete story of how this Native Hawaiian instrument transformed not only American music but the sounds of modern music throughout the world.
Kika Kila
Author: John William TroutmanThe Story of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar
Author: Donald D. Kilolani MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaiian guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chris J. Knutsen
Author: George T. NoeAcross the Pacific
Author: R. Guy S. CundellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaiian guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This project examines the transformation in the early 20th century of the steel guitar from a Hawaiian folk instrument to a mainstay of American popular music. The steel guitar - here characterised as a prepared instrument and a performance style whereby a guitar is positioned face up on the lap of a seated player who stops the strings by means of a steel bar - is a late 19th century Hawaiian adaption of the Spanish guitar. Its original role was that of a solo and accompanying instrument in the performance of Hawaiian music, which was itself an ethnic music tradition that had developed under American and European colonial influences. Once Hawaiian music was exposed to Western audiences in the early 20th century, its popularity grew rapidly and it evolved from an ethnic curiosity to a global popular music phenomenon. The steel guitar was at first synonymous with Hawaiian music, but just as the music became more global in its outreach, so too did the instrument itself. The steel guitar came to be gradually divorced from its original, ethnic Hawaiian context, and was incorporated steadily into a range of mainland American popular music stylings. This study examines the origins of the steel guitar, the evolution of early steel guitar style and the context in which the evolution occurred.