Show Simple Device Made Revolution in Music According to manus manuscripts the playIng playing play play- Ing of the steel guitar which has hus made Hawaiian music famous famous throughout the world was originated by u Hawaiian Ha Hawaiian lad Iud In n 1803 who found that by placing an article on the fingerboard of the lie guitar while pla playing a u novel sound could be plo produced uce The bo boy Joseph l Kekuku then lien a u student at nt F Kamehameha school first got the idea when he placed a u pocket comb cumb on th the fingerboard and und brought blOught u a new lIew twang from the Instrument nt was was was' followed fol oh- oh lowed b by experiments with the blade of a u pocket knife Imite and und resulted In the use of a u piece of oC thick steel for the purpose The new music took tool the Islands h by storm and ind later spread over the entire world This invention of the Hawaiian Is the most schoolboy says survey ur e contribution of Hawaii to tu 5 significant musIc the introduction of or an un entirely new technique tor toi tile the playing of stringed Instruments at ut lea least t us as far as us the we western world Is conc concerned although al al' although though the Japanese employ a similar technique with one of ot their Instruments and some African tribes tribe north and und south of the Congo Corgo do th same with the musical bow using t sh shell ll on a n knife blade |