| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
denmajp
Aloha
1 Posts |
 Posted - 07/13/2004 : 9:05:02 PM
|
Could someone help me out with this?
Is every note of the bass motif in "Isa Lei" played with the thumb?
Aloha,
Nalomeli
|
|
|
marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
923 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2004 : 9:33:56 PM
|
hi jason,
which version of "isa lei" are you working on? i think that in beamer's version you play the motif with your thumb.
aloha, keith
|
 |
|
|
catheglass
Lokahi
USA
312 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2004 : 02:46:33 AM
|
Ummmm, Keith?
When don't you play the base line with your thumb??? :::scratching head, looking puzzled:::: |
cathe |
|
|
|
marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
923 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2004 : 10:23:55 AM
|
hi cathe,
when you're trying to show off?  i haven't played keola's version in a long time, but if its a bass motif, then i'd use my thumb. one of the versions of isa lei i've seen doesn't have a bass motif, though.
i love that song; makes me want to go to fiji if only to feel sad about leaving it.
Bau nanuma, na nodatou lasa,
Mai Suva nanuma tiko ga...
bula vinaka, keith
|
|
|
|
garson
Lokahi
USA
112 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2004 : 9:41:40 PM
|
| You guys aren't going to belive this but Isa Lei is not really a fijian song. It is from Tonga, and has the title: Si'i Lile Viola Lose Hina (Dearest Lilly, Violet and White Rose). See the album "The Music of Tonga" National Geographic Society for a more detailed explanation. By the way, I learned Isa Lei from this record, and only later discovered that slack kedy players call it Isa Lei. |
Jim Garson |
|
|
|
marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
923 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2004 : 10:07:43 AM
|
hi jim!
that's interesting, i'll look for "the music of tonga"! if it isn't originally fijian, it certainly has been warmly adopted - i get a few messages a year from folks with fiji ties regarding isa lei.
aloha,
keith
|
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
Topic Locked
