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snico Member Posts: 69 From: Lyon, France Registered: Apr 2001	posted 10-03-2002 10:04 hi all, I started this year a thesis about "acoustic slide guitar around the world" (including Hawaii, India and north America) for "lumière Lyon2" university of musicoly here in France, and would like to know what are for your mind the important dates and names, which seem to mark a turning point about slide guitar history. I would like to know too if some of you have heard about instruments using slide technics out of the countries listed above. Opening a debate about this would be very usefull for me and interesting for every slide lovers I believe, so don't hesitate to add any of your idea about it, you surely can help me on developping this first ever university study about slide guitar in France. thanks, Snico. IP: Logged
crossrdblue Member Posts: 1078 From: Denver, CO Registered: Feb 2001	posted 10-03-2002 10:16 Start with African instruments - there was an instrument made of gut strung from a tree trunk nad plucked, with the sound changing as it was tightened or loosened, and as objects were slid accross it. That instrument than came to the US and became wire on a tree trunk or strung between two nails on a board (a "zither"). I assume these instrument influenced the Indian intruments too? I don't know anything about the Hawaiian origination. I think some of this info, with references, is in Bob Brozman's National book. There is more recent history in "The Land Where the Blues Began." And I bet lots of the members have a lot better info than me. Let us know when this document is complete - I would love to buy a copy. Brad. IP: Logged
Adrian Freed Member Posts: 2360 From: Berkeley, CA, USA Registered: Oct 2000	posted 10-03-2002 12:58 Dont forget to research the often speculated possibility that slide guitar was brought to Hawaii via an indian. There are very old pictures of indian string instrument used with bamboo slides...There is a nice connection from Hawaii to India if you trace back through Debhashish's teachers. Also it is worth checking through recent Japanese publications on the technique of using the nose for harmonics to keep the sliding and plucking hands free. IP: Logged
Eddie Punch Member Posts: 1361 From: Freiburg, Germany Registered: Nov 1999	posted 10-04-2002 01:45 Japanese Nose Harmonics ? Adrian, this could end up in a Ph.D. Japanese Nose Harmonics have less to do with music and more to do with a very cheap substitute for cocaine. Have you ever seen these guys playing Nose Harmonics ? They run across the strings, popping Harmonics all over the place, they lift their heads, breath in deeply through the nose and say "Aaahhhhh", then they do it again and again. At least that's how I do it. Tell us YOUR nose harmonic stories. IP: Logged

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