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wcerto
Ahonui
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Absolute
Lokahi
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 Posted - 09/01/2007 : 10:38:00 AM
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This work is listed as "traditional" at Alligator Boogaloo. I minimize my verse usage just in case it isn't.
You can find a tab for this piece at:
http://www.alligatorboogaloo.com/uke/tabs/050529.html
I'd suggest the following changes to that tab to make it easier to play, and to my ear, something that sounds a little better:
Vamp (suggested use as intro to song only):
D7 - D7 - D7 - D7 - D7 - G7 - G7 - G7 - G7 - G7 - C - C - C - C - C (ever so slight pause then) - C
Repeating chord sequence linked to words would be:
NOTE: C6 chord referenced is tabbed as: 3-5-4-0 based on (A-E-C-G string sequence reference). Each repeating chord symbol in vamp or at end of a verse not associated with syllables is one strum, up OR down. (The words listed are where chords change.)
C6 C C6 C
Hene..........aka, kou..........paha,
C D7 G7 C-C-C-C-C-G7-G7-G7-G7-G7-C-C-C-C-C (ever so slight pause then) - C.
He............ia, for...........I
Am I correct that one pronounces Hawaiian vowels as follows: "e" as "ay", "u" as "oo", "i" as "ee", "o" as "oh", and "a" as "ah"? I'm looking for "the king's Hawaiian" here. Thanks. |
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Edited by - Absolute on 09/01/2007 3:13:33 PM |
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Absolute
Lokahi
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Posted - 09/01/2007 : 10:38:49 AM
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By the way:
What is "pipi stew"?
Thanks again! |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/01/2007 : 12:25:16 PM
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Beef stew.
I think the "e" is pronounced more like "eh" as in "energetic", i.e., mele = meh-leh instead of may-lay. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
Edited by - wcerto on 09/01/2007 12:27:26 PM |
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NANI
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 09/01/2007 : 2:48:10 PM
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| for help with pronunciation you might check out http://alter-native-tongue.podomatic.com/ They have a great podcat I speak hawaiian. Still waiting on episode 2 but 1 has been great |
"A hui hou kakou, malama pono".
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/01/2007 : 3:52:58 PM
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| Nani - mahalo for turning us on to that link. Most excellent and very helpful. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Absolute
Lokahi
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Posted - 09/04/2007 : 2:39:34 PM
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| Right clicked on "download" link and could only get 448 kB, to the announcement of the "very first" edition of "I Speak Hawaiian". When I tried to just play it, the sound cut off three times with a "network error". Rather disappointing... |
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