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Slack Key Guitar Workshops
Location: JACCC Conference Rooms, 2nd Floor
Date: February 28
Beginning Slack Key Guitar - G Taro Patch Tuning with
Keoki Kahumoku
9:30am - 11:30am
Bring: guitar, pen and paper
Learn the origin of traditional Hawaiian fingerstyle through the basics of the G Taro Patch Tuning. No experience necessary.
Intermediate Slack Key Guitar - D Wahine Tuning with
George Kahumoku, Jr.
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Bring: guitar, pen, paper, capo and tuner (optional)
Hands-on instructional workshop teaches the basics of D Wahine Tuning and use of chord charts and fingerpicking patterns for specific songs.
Prerequisites: One year of standard guitar and the ability to play one complete song in standard tuning. Knowledge of Slack Key tunings is helpful, but not required.
Intermediate Slack Key Guitar - G Taro Patch Tuning with
Ozzie Kotani
2:45pm - 4:45pm
Bring: guitar, pen and paper
Ozzie will introduce intermediate level songs in the G Taro Patch or Open G tuning. This is an excellent follow-up class to Keoki's morning session!
Lecture/Demo with Daniel Ho, Steve Sano & Ozzie Kotani
5pm - 7pm
Bring: guitar (optional)
Two-part session beginning with Daniel's presentation of the "Secrets of Contemporary Slack Key Guitar" (Alfred Publishing), a book co-authored with Steve Sano. Session covers the G Kilauea tuning, basic fingerstyle techniques, guitar arranging, how to record the guitar and principles to create your own tunings (approx. 30 minutes).
In the second half, Ozzie Kotani and Steve Sano teach how to create arrangements for both solo and duet guitars. Utilizing pieces from their CD of Japanese and Okinawan music, Ozzie and Steve will demonstrate creating arrangements in "traditional" as well as more contemporary styles, and discuss the incorporation of elements from the slack key style (approx. 90 minutes).
Fees:
$35 1 workshop, $30 each 2 to 3, $100 All 4
More info: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Celebration!
Location: The George & Sakaye Aratani/Japan America Theatre
Date: February 29, 2pm
No other instrument expresses the culture or emotions of Hawaii better than the Ki ho, Äòalu, the Hawaiian slack key guitar. Experiencing a dramatic renaissance among local artists and audiences, slack key guitar is also gaining popularity world-wide. Join in the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Celebration! and experience a range of virtuosic styles from the traditional, earthy music of George Kahumoku, Jr. to the contemporary interpretations of Daniel Ho. Keoki Kahumoku reinterprets the traditional songs and Steve Sano and Ozzie Kotani provide a special treat with their repertoire of
Japanese and Okinawan folk songs. A J-TOWN Beat Event.
Tickets: $20, $17 JACCC Members
$23 orchestra, $20 balcony
More info: call the Box Office at 213.680.3700
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Suite 505
244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), CA 90012
(213) 628-2725
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