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Akahai
USA
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 Posted - 03/14/2012 : 08:05:15 AM
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Originally posted by Ambrosius
Mr.Bélanger replay was prompt, positive and within the second,...
Oh, he's not always that fast. Sometimes it takes a day or two.
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Originally posted by Ambrosius
Fix it to satisfaction or giving me a new box, either of the two. No questions.
I must say ...
I often tell folks that if they want a North American guitar that's affordable, very good quality and is backed-up almost as good as a Yamaha, then they should shop for something from Godin.
Of course, Martin and Taylor do provide lifetime warranties ... but I can't afford their guitars.
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TerryLiberty
Lokahi
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2012 : 10:25:12 AM
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I wish so much that all makers were as helpful as these folks.
I'm glad your experience was good.
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Terry
Olympia, WA
Forever a haumana |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2012 : 10:44:10 PM
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Jeff's tunes are so beautifully written and he performs them so well.
Terry, it's a study on so many levels. Technique, harmony ... everything. It's a source of inspiration, rather than a desire to copy, which would be impossible for me and my clumsy ten. |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2012 : 10:58:26 PM
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And while we are at it, - here is an other source of inspiration:
Nupepa Slack Key, a wonderful and well written piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aorGAyeSwHU
Taro Patch in the key of C, - I need to try to learn this. |
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TerryLiberty
Lokahi
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2012 : 04:24:16 AM
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Ambrosius:
I quite agree. All of Thumbstruck's playing is most enjoyable. Lucky to have him here on the forum.
Regards. |
Terry
Olympia, WA
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2012 : 07:01:47 AM
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| I was around at the conception of "Newpepe". In summary, it's a tune that plays around with the circle of fifths. Fun on steel, too. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 03/16/2012 : 07:13:33 AM
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| We play this one together all the time, it's such a fun piece (and since I wrote for "da pepa" during it's five-year existence, it has special meaning for me). Kory keeps asking people to write lyrics for it, but I like it best as an instrumental - there is kaona in the music itself. |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
132 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2012 : 12:02:16 PM
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Kory keeps asking people to write lyrics for it
Oh? So it's my man's own piece? What I learn.
Radio Hula on various recordings on the tube, as well as more professional recordings, and my nosing into it it all, has learnt me a lot. The different sections, the alternating between them, the freedom in doing so, every man his own figures, or set of figures, - still with respect for the basic of the tune. Sometimes this, other times that. I've learnt the Radio Hula was written in the 30's. Still, the piece I'd learnt to love is Kaapana's.
Is Kory's pieces on the tube mostly written from the ground and up?
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2012 : 2:19:16 PM
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Originally posted by Ambrosius
Is Kory's pieces on the tube mostly written from the ground and up?
Some of them are - they will say that they are "original" in the comment on YouTube. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 03/17/2012 : 05:44:46 AM
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| "If you keep pickin' at it, it'll never heal." I was fooling around with a Blues riff in taropatch and the bridge of "Nupepa Slack Key" fell off of the guitar so I figured out the "A" part. The descending run in the bridge shows Aunty Rochelle DelaCruz during a deadline for "The NW Hawai'i Times". I played it for bradda Don Kaulia and told that to him. He laughed and said, "You get kaona in da melody!" I'm glad folks like it. |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/17/2012 : 08:57:50 AM
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they will say that they are "original" in the comment on YouTube
I didn't know, nor did I read, at least not carefully. Thanks.
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/17/2012 : 09:04:20 AM
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I'm glad folks like it.
Oh yes. Though, the reason I started to run it extensively, was C in Taro Patch. Tries to follow your fingers, dear friend. Understand your chords.
The more I run it, the more I got caught by the tune. |
Edited by - Ambrosius on 03/17/2012 09:06:57 AM |
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