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How air guitar became a serious sport

  • Written by Byrd McDaniel, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, Brown University
Matt 'Airistotle' Burns performs during the 2017 Air Guitar World Championships in Finland.Eeva Rihel/Lehtikuva via AP

Advertised as the “greatest thing you’ve never seen,” the 2019 U.S. Air Guitar Championships will take place this summer.

Competitors from around the country will don elaborate costumes, construct fantastical...

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