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Pupule
USA
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Posted - 10/28/2004 : 11:47:38 AM
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Aloha everyone,
Peter Medeiros was kind to share this with us here and asked me to post it for him. This should give us a sense for what a slack key duet can look like. Mahalo Peter!
Maunawili Medley <- revised copy (v2)
quote: Peter Medeiros wrote:
This medley of tunes is based upon an old song called Maunawili. It is a mele pana or a place name song. The area called Maunawili is located between Kailua and the Pali, bordered by the Pali highway and Mount Olomana.
The original melody (section B) was shared with many other songs including "Hali`alaulani" better known as "Hi`ilawe ". It is a very old song, goes back to about Kalakaua's time -- the 1880's.
Other sections A,C & D are also from this era and are variations in slack key on the marches and quadrilles that were often played for the public by various community or military bands or even the Royal Hawaiian Band. These sections are typical period pieces and have a definite marching tempo as well as a ragtime or slight jazz type of feel, especially in section D, where counterpoint is used. All of the sections are interchangeble and should be improvised upon.
This is folk music and you just have to come close, it doesn't have to be exactly as written.
Peter Medeiros
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`Ilio Nui
`Olu`olu
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 12:23:29 PM
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Peter and Andy,
How cool is that? What a nice gift of Aloha.
Mahalo nui,
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MahinaM
Lokahi
USA
389 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 1:59:43 PM
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Mahalo to Peter for sharing and Andy for posting this! You are the best!
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
1153 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 2:52:13 PM
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Excellent!! Thank you, Peter. |
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Admin
Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 10/29/2004 : 12:00:31 AM
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Aloha all. Peter has sent a revised tab where he corrected some errors. Please download again - I posted version two. |
Andy |
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neeej
`Olu`olu
USA
643 Posts |
Posted - 10/29/2004 : 3:24:37 PM
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quote: Originally posted by Admin
Aloha all. Peter has sent a revised tab where he corrected some errors. Please download again - I posted version two.
I see the one I was about to comment on (bar 24)---now I get to hunt for any other changes, eh? Mahalo |
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sbar15
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 10/29/2004 : 9:17:30 PM
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Peter and Andy,
Thanks so much for sharing this one.
Aloha |
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