Slide guitar
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| - | "'''Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground'''" is a [[Gospel (music)|gospel]]-[[blues]] song written and performed by American musician [[Blind Willie Johnson]] and recorded in 1927. The song is primarily an instrumental featuring Johnson's self-taught [[slide guitar|bottleneck slide guitar]] and picking style accompanied by his vocalizations of humming and moaning. It has the distinction of being one of 27 samples of music included on the [[Voyager Golden Record]], launched into space in 1977 to represent the diversity of life on Earth. "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" was chosen as the human expression of loneliness. | + | '''Slide guitar''' is a particular method or technique for playing the [[guitar]]. The term ''slide'' refers to the motion of the slide along the strings. Instead of altering the [[pitch (music)|pitch]] of the [[strings (music)|strings]] in the normal manner (by pressing the string against [[fret]]s), a slide is placed upon the string to vary its vibrating length, and pitch. This slide can then be moved along the string without lifting, creating continuous transitions in pitch. |
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Blues guitar playing]] | ||
| + | *[[Classical guitar]] | ||
| + | *[[Electric guitar]] | ||
| + | *[[Guitarist]] | ||
| + | *[[Lap steel guitar]] | ||
| + | *[[List of slide guitarists]] | ||
| + | *[[Lute]] | ||
| + | *[[Pedal steel guitar]] | ||
| + | *[[Vichitra veena]] | ||
| + | *[[Chitra veena]] | ||
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Slide guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide along the strings. Instead of altering the pitch of the strings in the normal manner (by pressing the string against frets), a slide is placed upon the string to vary its vibrating length, and pitch. This slide can then be moved along the string without lifting, creating continuous transitions in pitch.
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See also
- Blues guitar playing
- Classical guitar
- Electric guitar
- Guitarist
- Lap steel guitar
- List of slide guitarists
- Lute
- Pedal steel guitar
- Vichitra veena
- Chitra veena
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