steel guitar
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In its rules, the academy states that traditional country recordings, among other things, employ “traditional country instrumentation such as acoustic guitar, steel guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, piano, electric guitar and live drums.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
It wasn’t until he was 14, hearing his older brother play Hawaiian music on his steel guitar at home, that Akaka’s interest in the gliding style was piqued.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
But while the steel guitar can still be found in country and other types of music, the Hawaiian steel guitar garners little recognition today, even on the island of Oahu, its birthplace.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
The Hawaiian steel guitar became a cultural force in America at the turn of the century, popularized by troupes of traveling musicians from Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024
Line is twanging like the high string on a steel guitar as the fish rises up to the surface, pulling the skiff behind it.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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