More Hawaiian guitar! Lap steel guitar is a style of guitar playing that originated in the late 1800s when, according to guitar-playing legend, Hawaiian guitarist Joseph Kekuku realized he could make a unique and, frankly, quite beautiful sound when changing the tuning of his steel guitar, resting it on his lap and sliding a metal bolt or bar up and down the fretboard to reach the desired note. Kekuku’s steel guitar style became synonymous with the sound of Hawaiian music and eventually spread worldwide, becoming a fad in the 1920’s and ’30s, especially after the instrument “went electric.” In this video we hear an acoustic lap steel guitar, playing blues “Hawaiian-style.”
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