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Ambrosius
Lokahi
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 Posted - 12/22/2011 : 2:02:52 PM
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Engineer, 58 years of age. Been playing all kinds of instruments from various horns to piano. Mostly piano. I did play guitar at young ages.
Over the years I'd become interested in Hawaii'an folklore and music. A year ago I got a Ukulele from my son as a gift, and I've had great fun with it. This inspired me further, so now I bought an A&L Ami Cedar top, tuned it to Open G, opening up a new word of possibilities in music.
Where do you recommend to start? I'm a great fan of Keola Beamer and intend to buy most of his stuff.
Is it Open G the normal way to start?
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guitar yogi
Akahai
Kiribati
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Posted - 12/22/2011 : 4:57:47 PM
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| Aloha and welcome to the Taro Patch! Yes, most people start with the open G or taro patch tuning, then move on to try other tunings, especially G wahine (DGDF#BD) and Leonard's C (CGDGBD). Other people like to play in open D,D wahine, F wahine (and Atta's C is real nice, too). There are lots of tunings out there and guitarists even make up new ones all the time. As far as starting goes, the book/CD by Ozzie Kotani (Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style) is wonderful for beginners. If you like Keola Beamer, be sure to get Learn to Play Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. As far as music goes, anything on Dancing Cat Records is great-especially Led Kaapana, Cyril Pahinui and Ray Kane- my three favorites. Youtube is a wealth of music and info- the videos by Sir Duke and his friends are awesome! There is a lot of info about tunings, songs, books, DVDs, guitars, music camps, etc. elsewhere on this site, too, with some great teachers like Peter Medeiros to help answer your questions. Have a Merry Christmas (or Happy Holiday!) and Happy New Year! Matthew |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2011 : 10:14:42 PM
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Thanks guitar yogi.
I took off, - ordered Ozzie Kotani's two DVDs as well as the book/CD. Shall have plenty of material now. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2011 : 02:38:19 AM
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Welcome to TaroPatch. Also to learn the music you might want to look under the Hawaiian Music thread here on TaroPatch. http://www.taropatch.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9603
This takes the various songs in the song book "He Mele Aloha" and finds a You Tube video that goes along with the song so you can hear what it is supposed to sound like. Of course, on the video, they may be singing or playing in a different key than what is shown in the book. I suggest you invest in that song book. It is indeed a valuable resource.
Ssome of the You Tube channels you might want to listen to to learn are: sirduke58, kawika96797, ukulele 911, kekaninahe, hookani, abrigoohana, jessetinsley, keonepax, olu143 and oh so many. Once you find these you tube channels, you will be lead to other similar videos. There is indeed a wealth of Hawaiian music available on You Tube. I also post a listing of Hawaiian music videos from You Tube every Monday morning. Watch for this to be posted under the "Talk Story" thread. You might want to start by looking at some of the old "Mele Monday" postings. Mele is the Hawaiian word for "song".
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2011 : 06:14:08 AM
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Velkommen! G tuning (AKA "taropatch", "low bass G") was where I started. It took 2-3 weeks to get the right thumb playing regularly. Then I worked on "vamps" (kaholo) and improvising on them. Then the chords. I'm still learning.
Where in Norway are you? I have relatives in Nord Trondelag. |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2011 : 12:17:19 PM
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Originally posted by wcerto
Welcome to TaroPatch. Also to learn the music you might want to look under the Hawaiian Music thread here on TaroPatch. http://www.taropatch.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9603
This takes the various songs in the song book "He Mele Aloha" and finds a You Tube video that goes along with the song so you can hear what it is supposed to sound like. Of course, on the video, they may be singing or playing in a different key than what is shown in the book. I suggest you invest in that song book. It is indeed a valuable resource.
Ssome of the You Tube channels you might want to listen to to learn are: sirduke58, kawika96797, ukulele 911, kekaninahe, hookani, abrigoohana, jessetinsley, keonepax, olu143 and oh so many. Once you find these you tube channels, you will be lead to other similar videos. There is indeed a wealth of Hawaiian music available on You Tube. I also post a listing of Hawaiian music videos from You Tube every Monday morning. Watch for this to be posted under the "Talk Story" thread. You might want to start by looking at some of the old "Mele Monday" postings. Mele is the Hawaiian word for "song".
Wanda, - what a well of information. that IS something to work on. I shall get that book, - I suppose it is of high cultural value.
Many thanks. |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2011 : 12:26:22 PM
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Originally posted by thumbstruck
Velkommen! G tuning (AKA "taropatch", "low bass G") was where I started. It took 2-3 weeks to get the right thumb playing regularly. Then I worked on "vamps" (kaholo) and improvising on them. Then the chords. I'm still learning.
Where in Norway are you? I have relatives in Nord Trondelag.
Takker og bukker  . What a warm welcome. We live in the west coast of Norway. Nord Trøndelag, really? He he, - maybe you are an ancestor of Olve på Egge? If you reads Norwegian, look for the author Vera Henriksen. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 12/25/2011 : 07:47:25 AM
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Iwas told that my family were homebrewers and moonshiners up in the mountains there.
BTW, I also play torader. |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2011 : 07:45:53 AM
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| Does not do a thing to identify your family, as everybody is moonshiners in Trøndelag Torader is the thing. I have a full accordion I play around with. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2011 : 5:46:38 PM
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| Not a bad thing. I started torader back in 1968. My dad played piano accordion. Traditional music has better food. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2011 : 03:34:45 AM
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| Gee, Kory. Your family sounds like my family down in W. Va. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2011 : 11:23:48 AM
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| Eh, Aunty! What do mountain folks do best? |
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Hello, - Norway Europe here.
