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Hawaiian guitar
(redirected from Lap steel guitar)

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Hawaiian guitar
n.
An electric guitar consisting of a long fretted neck and six to eight steel strings that are plucked while being pressed with a movable steel bar. Also called steel guitar.
Hawaiian guitar
n
(Music / Instruments) a lap-held steel-strung guitar with a wood or metal body, tuned to an open chord and played with a slide Compare Dobro, pedal steel guitar
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Noun1.Hawaiian guitar - guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effectHawaiian guitar - guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
steel guitar
guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
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Hawaiian guitar
n → Hawaiigitarre f
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