Mel Bay 99263M Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style

Written by a master of Hawaiian slack-key guitar, this text teaches the history, tunings, and other techniques found in slack-key guitar music. Because of the altered tunings in slack-key guitar music, all of the examples and exercises in this text have been written in tab only. Topics discussed are: right and left hand technique, alternating bass, slides, pull-offs, hammering, harmonics, and other slack-key related topics. Includes access to online audio containing recordings of nine exercises from the book which demonstrate these techniques (with tunings). Beautiful black and white photos of native Hawaiian musicians are scattered throughout the text.

• Product Number:99263M
• Format:Book + Online Audio
• Skill Level:Beginning
• Pages:76
• Binding:Saddle Stitched
• Size:8.75 x 11.75
• ISBN:0-7866-8804-1
• ISBN13:978-07866-8804-3
• Publisher:Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• Date Published:4/22/2015

• Foreword..............................................ii
  
• Author's Notes.......................................iii
• Techincal Notes.......................................iv
• Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style: Ki Ho'aulu..............1
• The History of Slack Key...............................1
• Tuning.................................................2
• Ornamentations.........................................2
• Improvisation..........................................3
• Variations of Guitar Playing...........................3
• Closing Notes..........................................4
• Sources................................................4
• How to Read the Tablature..............................5
• A Note on Reading Tablature............................6
• The Right Hand Technique...............................7
• The Left Hand Technique................................7
• Positioning the Guitar.................................7
• Open and Closed Positions..............................8
• The Alternating Bass...................................9
• Executing Techniques and Ornamentations...............10
• Slides........................................10
• Pull-Offs.....................................10
• Add-Ons.......................................11
• Hammers.......................................11
• Chimes or Harmonics...........................12
• Closing Notes.................................12
• Musical Terms and Notations...........................13
• Before we Begin.......................................14
• How to Use the CD.....................................14
• How to Use the Hints Section..........................15
• Choosing a Picking Style..............................16
• Standardize Fingering and Picking.....................16
• Taro Patch Tuning.....................................17
• Slack G or Double Slack Tuning........................49
• Drop C Tuning.........................................62
• The Tunes
• Exercise 1: Kani Ki Ho'alu....................18
• Exercise 2: Manuela Boy.......................22
• Exercise 3: Molehu............................26
• Exercise 4: Awiwi.............................30
• Exercise 5: Maunaloa..........................35
• Exercise 6: Manamana Lele.....................44
• Exercise 7: Ewalu.............................50
• Exercise 8: Kakahiaka.........................55
• Exercise 9: Namaka's Mele.....................63