Category:Joseph Kekuku
Player of the Hawaiian steel guitar  Photographie du quintette hawaïen de Joseph Kekuku parue sur un journal en 1916. | |||||
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| Date of birth | 1874 Lāʻie | ||||
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| Date of death | 1932 Boston | ||||
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Joseph Kekuku invented the steel guitar.
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- Ken Kapua ([1933], 1996) "Joseph Kekuku - The Originator Of the Hawaiian Guitar" in Lorene Ruymar , ed. The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians, Centerstream Publishing, p. 2 ISBN: 978-1-57424-021-4. "Joseph Kekuku Originator of The Hawaiian Guitar by Ken Kapua (Ken Reece), Ken played the steel guitar in the 1920's and 1930's in England. This article was first published in the Banjo Mandolin and Guitar magazine (B.M.G.) in [1933 ...] "
- Lorene Ruymar (HSGA member). History of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association (HSGA) (HSGA.org). Archived from the original on 2010-07-29." In addition to a history of the steel guitar, I want to give you my school-teacher rant about properly naming the steel guitar. It has so many slang expressions, no wonder the public is not sure yet what it is. The original name, given in Hawai'i where Joseph Kekuku invented it around 1889, is ... (geetah-steel-ah). Translation: Steel guitar. ",
" When mainlanders first saw it, they didn't know what to call it, so they reported that it was held on the lap and played with a steel bar. That's how it got stuck with lapsteel which is still much used. But if you want to go first class, you'll call it a steel guitar. It was originally a 6-string wooden guitar built to be a Spanish guitar, but converted to a steel guitar by inserting a metal converter nut (adapter nut) (extension nut) over the nut at the headstock to raise the strings about a half inch off the fretboard. It was originally tuned A Major low bass (1-6) E.C#.A.E.A.E, which has three strings tuned the same as the Spanish guitar. / ... ",
" As if we're not confused enough, we now hear people calling it a slide guitar and in that they are totally wrong. "Slide" is not a "guitar" at all, it's a method of playing a regular Spanish guitar using a metal cylinder slid over the left hand pinkie, to make a sound imitating the steel guitar. ",
" Another misnomer: on the mainland in the early days we said, Hawaiian Guitar. Meanwhile in Hawai'i that name is reserved for slack key guitars. / ... ",
" ... To get the whole story, read "The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians" published in 1996 by Centerstream Publications, Anaheim Hills, CA. / The author of the book is Lorene Ruymar, founder of HSGA. ",
"[Note] Joseph's name is being questioned. Members of the Kekuku family have not yet agreed on the correct form. What I was told at press time was: Joseph Kekuku'upenakana'iaupuniokamehameha Apuakehau. This is a title the family held in the service of the king. Translation: Keeper of the nets that surround the kingdom of Kamehameha. Possession of that title meant they were "ali'i". That name has been used on Joseph's plaque in the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. Photo courtesy of Jerry Byrd. "
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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- The Hawaiian Quintette (4 F)