slack-key

adj

slack-key

adj

Etymology From a translation of the Hawaiian kī hōʻalu (“loosen the [tuning] key”).

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music (of a string instrument or a manner of playing one) Performed with loosened strings, such that all of the strings play in the same key (most often G major).

Spanish-style guitars played in the standard position, though probably in altered tunings slack-key fashion.2007, Tim Brookes, Guitar: An American Life, page 56:

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