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Slack-key guitar

Slack-key guitar (from Hawaiian kī hōʻalu, which means 'loosen the key') is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. This style of guitar playing, which has been used for centuries, involves altering the standard tuning on a guitar from E-A-D-G-B-E, so that strumming across the open strings will then sound a harmonious chord…

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Slack-key guitar → Atta Isaacs, Christian, During, English-speaking North Americans, European, Filipinos, Gabby Pahinui, Guitar, Haunani Apoliona, Hawaiian, Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance, Hawaiianization, Hawaiians, Honolulu, In, Islands, Kapono Beamer, Keola Beamer, King David Kalākaua, Leonard Kwan

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his brother Kapono Beamerinstance ofand the more modern styles of younger players0.80text
Peter Mooninstance ofand the more modern styles of younger players0.80text
and Haunani Apolionainstance ofand the more modern styles of younger players0.80text
the Guitarinstance ofluthiers0.80text
Lute Workshop in Honolulu specialized in the developmentinstance ofluthiers0.80text
manufacture of guitars custom made to order for slack-key performance.Many prominent Hawaiʻi-based players got their starts during the Cultural Renaissance yearsinstance ofluthiers0.80text
harmonicsinstance ofMany kī hōʻalu players incorporate various embellishments0.80text
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Slack-key guitarrelated to historyHawaiianization0.60section

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