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slide guitar
slide guitar
noun
- a technique of guitar playing derived from bottleneck, using a steel or glass tube on one finger across the frets
Word History and Origins
Origin of slide guitar1
Example Sentences
When the blood really starts hitting the fan, Göransson asked his wife and a string orchestra to help escalate the drama, and he had violins bend notes just like his slide guitar.
Dua Lipa, “These Walls” Killer bass line, gorgeous slide guitar — and a glamazon pop star determined not to let you in.
With the sweeping album closer, “To Love,” which evokes the aching slide guitar of Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You,” Waterhouse took the stems of her viral hit “Good Looking” and stripped it down.
Nollman mainly plays slide guitar for whale species, but has worked with a wide range of other musicians, including a grammy-winning oboe player, violinists, percussionists, a chanting Tibetian lama and more.
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.
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