The diddley bow is an American string instrument of African origin. It is typically homemade, consisting usually of a wooden board and a single wire string stretched between two screws, and played by plucking while varying the pitch with a metal or glass slide held in the other hand. The diddley bow is significant to blues music in that many blues guitarists got their start playing it as children, as well as the fact that, like the slide guitar, it is played with a slide.

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  • The diddley bow is an American string instrument of African origin. It is typically homemade, consisting usually of a wooden board and a single wire string stretched between two screws, and played by plucking while varying the pitch with a metal or glass slide held in the other hand. The diddley bow is significant to blues music in that many blues guitarists got their start playing it as children, as well as the fact that, like the slide guitar, it is played with a slide. A notable performer of the instrument was the Mississippi blues musician Lonnie Pitchford, who used to demonstrate the instrument by stretching a wire between two nails hammered into the wood of a vertical beam making up part of the front porch of his home. Pitchford's headstone, placed on his grave in 2000 by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund, is actually designed with a playable diddley bow on the side as requested by Pitchford's family. Recent performers who use similar instruments include New York City-based jazz pianist Cooper-Moore, American bluesman Seasick Steve, One String Willie, One String Sam, and blind musician Velcro Lewis.
  • El arco de diddley, diddley bow en inglés, es un instrumento de cuerda estadounidense originario de África. Su fabricación suele ser casera, consistiendo en un tablero de madera con un único alambre anudado entre dos tornillos; la forma de tocarlo consiste en pellizcarlo con una mano mientras se utiliza un slide de cristal o metal con la otra mano para variar el tono. Este instrumento es significativo para la música blues debido a que gran parte de los primeros guitarristas de blues tocaron uno en su infancia y debido al hecho de que (al igual que la guitarra slide) se toca con un "cuello de botella". Un intérprete reconocido de este instrumento fue el músico de blues de Misisipi Lonnie Pitchford, quien solía realizar demostraciones en su propia casa uniendo un cable entre dos clavos a un trozo de madera. Otros intérpretes que utilizaron este instrumento de forma habitual fueron el pianista de jazz de Nueva York Cooper-Moore y el intérprete de blues Seasick Steve.
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  • The diddley bow is an American string instrument of African origin. It is typically homemade, consisting usually of a wooden board and a single wire string stretched between two screws, and played by plucking while varying the pitch with a metal or glass slide held in the other hand. The diddley bow is significant to blues music in that many blues guitarists got their start playing it as children, as well as the fact that, like the slide guitar, it is played with a slide.
  • El arco de diddley, diddley bow en inglés, es un instrumento de cuerda estadounidense originario de África. Su fabricación suele ser casera, consistiendo en un tablero de madera con un único alambre anudado entre dos tornillos; la forma de tocarlo consiste en pellizcarlo con una mano mientras se utiliza un slide de cristal o metal con la otra mano para variar el tono.
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  • Diddley bow
  • Arco de diddley
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