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Who conceived the Six String Nation project?
Who conceived the Six String Nation project?
- George Rizsanyi
- Pino Forastiere
- Jowi Taylor (correct)
- Davide Sgorlon
What was the guitar officially renamed in 2009?
What was the guitar officially renamed in 2009?
- Six String Nation
- Steel-String Nation
- Voyageur (correct)
- Acoustic Nation
Where was the guitar played by Pino Forastiere and Davide Sgorlon?
Where was the guitar played by Pino Forastiere and Davide Sgorlon?
- Canada
- Italy
- Nova Scotia
- Orta San Giulio (correct)
What is the name of the book that chronicles the project?
What is the name of the book that chronicles the project?
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What was proposed but aborted?
What was proposed but aborted?
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Study Notes
- Six String Nation is a public art project that was conceived by Jowi Taylor and centres around a steel-string acoustic guitar built from a variety of artifacts collected from across Canada.
- The guitar was commissioned from Nova Scotia luthier George Rizsanyi and was completed in 2006.
- It was officially renamed Voyageur at a ceremony in 2009 and has since been played by hundreds of musicians at public and private events across Canada.
- In 2009, the guitar was part of the Un Paese a Sei Corde international guitar festival in Orta San Giulio, Italy, where it was played by Pino Forastiere and Davide Sgorlon.
- Taylor built a guitar out of 64 pieces of wood from across Canada and it toured across the country.
- The project was chronicled in a book and has been featured in other published texts.
- A proposed television special and series about the building of the guitar was aborted.
- Taylor has appeared in dozens of local and national radio and television interviews.
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