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Topic: Finger slide from Botswana |
Kevin Brown
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 7:01 am |
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I found his very moving and reminded me of just how lucky we are to cherish the instruments that Im sure many of us own and play, made me smile, hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4cRw6TIIg |
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HowardR
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 8:09 am
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| Let's get her for Dallas!!!!!! |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 8:33 am
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Moved to Music from Steel Without Pedals. That's a great little video - thanks for sharing!
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Ben Sims
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New Mexico
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 10:08 am
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| Check out the rest of the videos from this user (Bokete7). The full user name is Bokete's Shebeen. I dug around and found out that "shebeen" is an Irish term used in parts of Africa to refer to a local bar or pub. So it looks like maybe someone has been taping the local musicians in some village in Botswana and posting them on YouTube. If that's right, it's a really interesting window into a bunch of ordinary people making great music. Sort of like going to your local open mic, only halfway around the world. Several of the musicians use this overhand playing style, or seem to alternate between overhand and standard playing position, and they play a fantastic array of beat-up and halfway decent-looking guitars. |
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Nicholai Steindler
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 11:17 am
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Wow that's awesome!
Can anyone figure out what kind of tuning he's in? |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 1:35 pm
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Great stuff, Bet Thumbs would have enjoyed that. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 8:19 pm
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| Howard, she's a he. |
No wonder I never got married...... |
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Nicholai Steindler
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New York, USA
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 4:12 am
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| We were appreciating this one last week on the Acoustic Guitar Forum too. So cool! The guitar in all its variations is so incredibly open-ended. What other instrument can be played in so many ways with so many different tunings, textures and styles? |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 10:30 am
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We get The Africa Channel on our cable system, and I occasionally watch the show "Africa Music." There's a lot of good stuff coming from there. Often combining traditional and contemporary music.
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