The Life and the Times of: The Guitar

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The Life and the Times of: The Guitar

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Location

Belfast

Year

1992

Date

July 1992

Length

11min 05sec

Audio

sound

Format

Betacam

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI)

Courtesy

Belfast Film Workshop, Department for Communities, ITV, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Rights Holder

Belfast Film Workshop, ITV

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

This episode explores the people who make and play the guitar in Belfast.

Focused on Irish traditional music, the viewer is told that the acoustic guitar is a relatively new import to the scene, introduced in the last few decades as part of the folk music revival.

Ciaran O'Kane, a guitar maker, talks us through the various parts of the guitar and the steps required to construct one. Another interviewee discusses the different styles of playing and how other music, such as rock and roll ,has slowly been intregrated with traditional playing styles.  

Credits

A Belfast Film Workshop Production.

Produced in association with UTV, Riverside Action Team, An Chomhairle Ealaíon and Community Relations Council.

 

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