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Diddley bow

The diddley bow is a single-stringed American instrument that influenced the development of the blues sound. It consists of a single string of baling wire tensioned between two nails on a board over a glass bottle, which is used both as a bridge and as a means to amplify the instrument's sound.

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Diddley bow

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related to Discography · 140
Diddley bow → Ace CDCHD, Afro-American Blues Roots, Afro-American Folk Music, All Around Man, Also, American Folk Blues Festival, Ann Arbor Blues, Apple Farm Blues, Baby, Baby Go, Bad Luck, Bend, Blues, Boogie Chillen, Bothered All, Bottleneck Blues, CD, CD Africa, CD-with-hardback, Cherokee Dance
related to Notable users · 21
Diddley bow → As, Buddy Guy, Eddie, Elmore James, Harmony, James, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Johnson, Jones, Lonnie Pitchford, Mississippi, Mount Zion Memorial Fund, Napoleon Strickland, One, One String, One String Sam, Other, Pitchford's, Super Chikan, Unitar
related to Filmography · 17
Diddley bow → Alan Lomax, America, American Patchwork, Association, Blues Began, Channel Four, Columbia University, Cultural Equity, Dibb Direction, Hunter College, It Might Get Loud, Jack White, North Carolina Public TV, Songs, Stories, The Land Where, Written
related to Origins · 10
Diddley bow → However, Mali, Nigeria, Sahel, South, The, There, They, United States, West Africa
related to Construction · 2
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Diddley bow → single-stringed American instrument that influenced the development of the blues sound

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