At 00:04 15/06/2006, you wrote: >The popularity of Hawaiian music was a global >phenomena that spawned among other things the relatively modern tradition >of >Hindustani slide guitar that began in the 40's, and I believe, but I may >be >wrong, the development of the pedal steel guitar. >Bill ...and in India they'd already used slide on a Vichitra Vina. Though I'm not clear where the idea came from. Says here that the instrument's been around for 100 years only. http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/gotuvadyam.html http://www.indian-instruments.com/stringed_instruments/vichitra_vina.htm >An curios statement considering that slide was invented by Hawaiians. >samba Interesting question, what other slide instruments are there? ...does a Berimbau count? that would probably have to be the earliest andy butler