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Air guitar slides into academia
August 02 2005 at 01:01PM
London - A student is studying for a degree in air guitar.
Amanda Griffiths is researching the craze for a doctorate, reports the
British tabloid, The Mirror.
The idea came about when she won an air guitar contest in
Manchester in 2002 and was later asked to appear on Radio 4's
Women's Hour.
Professor Sheila Whitely, chair of popular music at Salford University,
was also on the programme and suggested that Griffiths do a PhD in
air guitar to add to her Performing Arts degree.
Griffiths is due to travel to Finland later in August for the World
Championships.
She said: "We were discussing why there were so few women
involved, and the professor invited me to do research under her
supervision."
Griffiths will examine "codes of performance within the air guitar
phenomenon." - Ananova.com
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