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steel guitar

NOUN
guitar with twanging strings
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Tammy Wynette had it; just listen to her mourn how “the sun will never shine in Apartment #9” and your ear will catch the throb in her throat that echoes the song’s steel guitar.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

At first, most of his Hawaiian steel guitar students were adults, Akaka said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

When Malie Lyman first started studying with Akaka at age 8, he considered her to be the youngest Hawaiian steel guitar player in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The addition of pedals made steel guitar a country music staple, while blues and jazz musicians adopted the slide guitar, which utilized a similar gliding technique while holding the guitar upright.

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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