Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Dr.Kamala Shankar is a renowned first lady Indian Classical Slide Guitar Exponent,and Innovator of Shankar Guitar ,has been enthralling the world with her immaculate ,brilliant and unique Gayaki style performances for more than 30 years. She is born in 1966 in the Tanjore district of Tamil Nadu.Kamala was trained in music by her mother at the age of six, and had extensive study under the valuable guidance of Padmabhushan Pt.Channulal Mishra and sitar maestro Pt.Bimalendu Mukherjee. She is the only woman holding a Doctorate degree in slide Guitar from Banaras Hindu University, and also holds Bachelor's degree in zoology. Dr Kamala Shankar is the first slide Guitar artist to be conferred the National Award in Music " Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Samman"in 2013 by Govt.of Madhya Pradesh.Dr.Kamala Shankar has attracted worldwide attention by successfully converting the western Hawaiian Slide Guitar into the ‘Shankar guitar' which has overtones of the classical veena and Sitar .Shankar Guitar is made from a single block of wood, with thicker walls and no sound hole. It has four melody strings, four chikari (rhythm strings) and 12 tarab (sympathetic strings). The Guitar is named after the deity of Varanasi Lord Shankar"@en }
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- Kamala_Shankar abstract "Dr.Kamala Shankar is a renowned first lady Indian Classical Slide Guitar Exponent,and Innovator of Shankar Guitar ,has been enthralling the world with her immaculate ,brilliant and unique Gayaki style performances for more than 30 years. She is born in 1966 in the Tanjore district of Tamil Nadu.Kamala was trained in music by her mother at the age of six, and had extensive study under the valuable guidance of Padmabhushan Pt.Channulal Mishra and sitar maestro Pt.Bimalendu Mukherjee. She is the only woman holding a Doctorate degree in slide Guitar from Banaras Hindu University, and also holds Bachelor's degree in zoology. Dr Kamala Shankar is the first slide Guitar artist to be conferred the National Award in Music " Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Samman"in 2013 by Govt.of Madhya Pradesh.Dr.Kamala Shankar has attracted worldwide attention by successfully converting the western Hawaiian Slide Guitar into the ‘Shankar guitar' which has overtones of the classical veena and Sitar .Shankar Guitar is made from a single block of wood, with thicker walls and no sound hole. It has four melody strings, four chikari (rhythm strings) and 12 tarab (sympathetic strings). The Guitar is named after the deity of Varanasi Lord Shankar".