Steel guitar — is:* A method of playing slide guitar using a steel. Resonator guitars, including round necked varieties, are particularly suitable for this style, but other types are also used, usually with modified high actions, as well as instruments produced … Wikipedia
steel-string guitar — /stil strɪŋ gəˈta/ (say steel string guh tah) noun an acoustic guitar with steel strings. Also, steel string …
Steel (disambiguation) — Steel is a metal alloy that is principally comprised of iron and carbonSteel may also be:in specific iron alloys: * Steel grades, to classify steels by their composition and physical properties * AISI steel grades, American Iron and Steel… … Wikipedia
steel guitar — n. a type of guitar, now esp. an electric guitar, with raised metal strings, held on the lap or mounted on legs and played by plucking while sliding a steel bar across the strings to change the pitch … English World dictionary
steel guitar — steel gui tar noun count a guitar with ten strings that you play while pressing the strings with a metal bar … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
steel guitar — steel gui tar also pedal steel guitar n a musical instrument with ten strings that is played using a steel bar and a ↑pedal (=a bar you press with your foot) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Strings (music) — A string is the vibrating element that is the source of vibration in string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, and members of the violin family. They are lengths of a flexible material kept under tension so that they may freely vibrate … Wikipedia
steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying … Universalium
Steel-string acoustic guitar — Infobox Instrument color1=#FFD700 color2=#FFEC8B name=Steel string acoustic guitar classification=String instrument (plucked) range= related= *Guitar family (Classical guitar, Electric guitar, Flamenco guitar, Bass guitar) *Lute (distantly… … Wikipedia
steel guitar — noun guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect • Syn: ↑Hawaiian guitar • Hypernyms: ↑guitar * * * noun : hawaiian guitar 1 * * * 1. an acoustic, hand held guitar having a metal… … Useful english dictionary
