Traditional Hawaiian Guitar

Par MARK NELSON. Hawaiian guitare clé mou (Ki Ho'alu) est l'une des traditions de guitare acoustique grands du monde. Cette tradition comprend les morceaux de guitare virtuose, mais la majorité des chansons jouées mou clés sont classiques mélodies Hawaiian que soit joué comme instrus ou accompagnement de chant avec des pauses entre les versets instrumentales. Le terme ' key mou ' ne fait pas référence à un type de guitare, mais plutôt d'une guitare joué dans le style clé mou, c'est-à-dire, en remplaçante ajustements apportés avec ' slacked ' chaînes et fingerstyle technique. A reconnu mou maître clé que Keola Beamer est un membre d'une famille connue pour son talent musical pour les générations futures. Nous avons la chance de l'avoir écrit en collaboration avec l'auteur de Mel Bay vétéran, éducateur et multi-instrumentiste Mark Nelson, qui simplement suivi son amour de la musique des îles. Ecrit en notation standard et de tablature pour accommoder les ajustements apportés remplaçante nombreux, ce livre est présenté en quatre sections: 1) la plus courante de réglage introduit par fils assez facile... / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Hawaiian - Methods / Méthode / Guitare Slack Key

Hawaiian slack key guitar is one of the world???s great guitar traditions. Called ki ho???alu in Hawaiian it developed in the 19th century. Legend has it the first guitars were brought by cowboys imported from Alta California to deal with wild cattle. By day the paniolo taught the Hawaiians to rope and ride by night they serenaded them with the soft sounds of Spanish guitars...Written in tablature and standard musical notation Old-Time Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar features 24 of the essential instrumentals every aspiring slack key player should know. These are the classic melodies with a couple originals played just as you???d hear them in a backyard party kani kapila full ofinteresting twists and turns sometimes richly complex but always nahenahe as natural and refreshing as an ocean breeze.Mark Kailana Nelson is an entertainer musician and educator. His love for slack key guitar led him to travel to Hawai???i and study with many of the masters of the art. Along with Keola Beamer he is the author of Mel Bay???s Learn to Play Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar the first widely-available slack key instruction manual. Famed Hawaiian educator Aunty Nona Beamer gave him the Hawaiian name Kailana Gently Floating on the Sea and encouraged Mark to continue to teach Hawaiian music to all who wish to learn.Includes: - Tablature and standard notation - Notes on tunings reading music and tablature - Newly revised and correction transcriptions Learn to play: Pua Lena/Kealoha/E Huli Ho???i Mai/Hula O Makee Mauna Loa/Pauoa Liko Ka Lehua Kowali Paniolo Slack Key Ku???u Lei Awapuhi Melemele (My Yellow Ginger Lei) Ahe Lau Makani Nanea Kou Maka i ka Le???ale???a Moloka???i Waltz Moana Chimes Old Timer???s Hula/Slack Key Hula Hula Blues Taro Patch Blues Tiare Tahiti Kaulana Na Pua Playful Popoki ???Ulupalakua Kanaka Waiwai Kimo???s Slack Key Papakolea Suitable for intermediate guitarists. Includes access to online audio.

World Guitar (Book And CD)-The Guitarist’s guide to the traditional styles of cultures around the world. Includes lessons on existing guitar traditions along with new guitar arrangements of non-guitar music from Asia and the Middle East. Complete with an audio CD of recorded examples including slower versions for practice. Featured techniques include:Afropop and African acoustic styles Middle Eastern oud and saz Indian veena and sitar Chinese pipa Japanese koto Spanish guitar Celtic folk Andean folk Brazilian jazz Mexican mariachi Hawaiian slack-key guitar

Hawaiian slack key Guitar (Ki Ho'alu) is one of the world's great acoustic Guitar traditions. This tradition includes virtuoso Guitar pieces but the majority of songs played slack key are classic Hawaiian melodies eitherplayed as instrumentals or as accompaniment to vocals with instrumental breaks between the verses. The term ''slack key'' does not refer to a type of Guitar but rather to any Guitar played in the slack key style that is in alternate tunings with ''slacked'' strings and fingerstyle technique. Acknowledged slack key master Keola Beamer is a member of a family known for its musical artistry for generations. We are fortunate to have him writing inconjunction with veteran Mel Bay author educator and multi-instrumentalist Mark Nelson who simply followed his love of the music to the Islands. Written in standard notation and tablature to accommodate numerous alternatetunings this book is presented in four sections: 1) The most common tuning introduced by fairly easy songs2) Illustrations of how to build your own arrangements3) A presentation of various slackkey tunings4) A selection of duets in the slack key style.Historical and cultural insights are offered throughout in the spirit of aloha producing an informative musically enlightening book with souland humor. The companion audio download available online features tuning tracks and informal introductions of the audio content by the authors plus some beautiful slack key music.

A contemporary master of slack key guitar provides the perfect introduction to a rich and vital guitar tradition. Called ki ho'alu in Hawaiian 'slack key' refers to a variety of deep richly-toned tunings in which the strings areloosened from standard pitch to suit the music. The thumb plays the bass while the fingers are used to pick melody in a cross between country fingerpicking and classical guitar. The music which can be played on any guitar -acoustic or electric - has a lush sound that is instantly evocative of the islands of the Pacific.Keola Beamer has chosen five traditional pieces and teaches them both in depth in this marvelous CD/book package. His tunesemploy a variety of tunings and techniques including the use of vibrato harmonics slurs harmonies in thirds and sixths legato playing and other musical ideas that help create a distinctive guitar sound. The ideas you'll learnin this lyrical and increasingly popular fingerpicking style will add thrilling new sounds and flavours to your entire repertoire.