Show X X X X simple device made Revo revolution lutio n in according to manuscripts the playing of tile the steel guitar which hns has alade hawaiian hlll music famous throughout tile the world was originated by it 11 hawaiian lad iad in who found that by placing un an article on oil tile the finger fingerboard board of th guitar while playing a novel sound could be prod produced the boy joseph aek kekuku U ku i theu he U u student at school first got the idea when ile he placed a 0 pocket cumb on t tho he finger fingerboard board anti and brought 11 new low twang brorn roin the instrument this was followed by experiments with the blade of I 1 a pocket knife arid and resulted in ili the use be of a piece of thick steel for tile the purpose the tha new inus lc too took k the islands by storm und bod later aprea spread d over tile the entire world tills this inventions invention of the hawaiian Ila 4 schoolboy says survey Is tile the most significant contribution of hawaii to music the introduction of an entirely new technique fur for tile the playing if of stringed instruments at lenit as tar far us as the western world Is con concerned cernea although tile the employ a sli similar ullar technique with one of their string instruments and some african abo do cor cargo go north und and south of the same with the bo bow vr using shell sh ell on a knife blade |