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Nahenahekihoalu
Aloha
USA
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 Posted - 01/27/2013 : 4:53:41 PM
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Greetings,
Does anyone know where I can find the tabs to "Imi Au Ia Oe" and what the tuning is? It's such a pretty nahenahe song and my wife would like me to play it for her. And you know how that goes guys. Keep your wahine happy and the road to NEW GUITAR is not very far away !!!!
Thanks,
Curt
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 01/31/2013 : 3:55:30 PM
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sorry, no tab yet...which I'm sure many of us would love.
Main guitar is in "Keola's C:
C, G, D, G, B, E
not sure if 2nd acoustic is in same tuning, but here's from GW's notes.
Thanks to George Winston for notes and all his work for Slack key and all music.
So, from liner notes on Mauna Kea, White Mountain Journal: (which appears to be same recording as appears on Dancing Cat Masters of HSG Vol 2).
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from White Mountain Journal CD:
"Liner notes by Keola Beamer
NOTES ABOUT THE SONGS BY GEORGE WINSTON:
On 'Imi Au Ia 'Oe, Keola created this arrangement for two nylon string guitars and one electric guitar, adding a second melody to fill out the song. He is especially noted for his ability to compose additional parts to instrumental arrangements of simple, yet profound Hawaiian melodies where the words have been the most important element. Keola plays the piece in his trademark C Wahine Tuning (C-G-D-G-B-E), from lowest pitched string to highest. It is known in slack key circles as "Keola's C", since he is most associated with it. Wahine means a tuning that contains a Major 7th note, here the "B" note on the 2nd string, which is hammered on to produce the tonic note, one of the characteristic sounds of Wahine tunings."
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And, I'm adding this a day later--
***I don't believe I've heard a vocal...at least that I can recall...so was assuming you were talking about Keola's instrumental version, and that version in tab.
But interestingly, Keola's notes on White Mtn. Journal tells of his grandfather singing this in a small koa church, and how it would resonate in the old church.
Hmmm, that would be like singing inside a BIG guitar!
The song words are also in Uncle Ed's songbooks from George Kahumoku's camps.
So assume it's been sung at camp sometime.
So where are vocal recordings of this gem?
Basic sheet music version appears in Charles King's "Song's of Hawaii" (collection), but that arrangement doesn't go to a B section, where a "lift" or chorus sequence begins on the V chord. So, King's version basically repeats the A section.
so not sure if the "B" section is Keola's arrangement, addition, or something Mr. King missed, and curious what Queen Lili'uokalani's original might have sounded like.
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also, info quoted from our Uncle Ed from our camp songbooks:
"This song was originally written by Queen Lili'uokalani in December, 1874, but never published. It appears that Charles E. King appropriated the theme and many lyrics from Queen Lili'uokalani's work, slightly altering the melody and timing, a practice not uncommon in Hawaiian music.
He acknowledged the Queen as one of his musical mentors. This song gained wide popularity after after it was featured in the operetta "Prince of Hawaii" and became known as "the Kings serenade." It was also used as the theme song in the RKO movie "Bird of Paradise", filmed in 1932 and again in 1951. The song tells of a young man searching for his beloved, lost in Puna district of the Big Island. He pleads for her return."
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So
an ongoing "Thanks" to our dear departed "Uncle Ed" Bigelow, who blessed our camps, and is still in our thoughts and valued libraries, as he gives and shares and enriches our song circles..., via his wealth of researched workbooks and songbooks--which I will keep as long as there's a shred of them left. |
Edited by - Kapila Kane on 02/03/2013 06:21:52 AM |
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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a
USA
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ukrazy
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2013 : 08:16:15 AM
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| A good vocal version is on Dennis Pavao's "The Golden Voice Of Hawaii Vol. 1" album. I've been working on it in CGEGCE tuning. Fran's video version is great, especially his little smile at the end. |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2013 : 09:20:42 AM
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Please note a 2nd edit, and addition to my original statements above...
as it pertains to research and info on this song, from Uncle Ed Bigelow's songbooks. He is gone from here, but still with us in song and spirit.
Mahalo |
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Ambrosius
Lokahi
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Posted - 02/01/2013 : 11:48:24 PM
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Originally posted by Fran Guidry
I did a YT video, wow, over three years ago, oops, slathered on the reverb, too <grin>. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ZIYviB1T0
Fran
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basilking
Lokahi
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Posted - 02/04/2013 : 7:05:15 PM
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I 1st heard Keola's version of this song, learned it [by ear] in taropatch w/C bass. More of a stretch that way in portions than if the skinny E were left at that pitch, but this's how I learned it.
My Hawai1ian mother-in-law [RIP] recognized it when she heard me play it, commented she didn't think the middle part was "original" to the song.
I later read about the "second melody to fill out the song" as noted above, & the somewhat different tuning. I still play it as I learned it, sounds great to me. |
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 03/02/2013 : 06:55:59 AM
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BEFORE this drops off the recent posts screens...
well, we haven't solved finding tabs, (wonder if we should take up a collection and petition to Keola?!) --which for me, would help separate the two acoustic guitars a little on Keola's version, especially what is first guitar, what is the overdub harmony...since some harmony can be done with one guitar.
I did check out the "Bird of Paradise" trailer...(1952 film)
pretty weak, but still interesting to me, only because I have Island Fever.
Musicallly, two SHORT SNIPPETS of "Ima Au Ia Oe", one is a short "flat-picked" on perhaps a Gibson (electric hollow body/old Jazz style guitar?) of the melody, and another with choir latter as starlet commits herself to the Volcano.
Also, the story is pretty lame! The hula looked ok for awhile--started nice, but then she turned on some specific flirty stuff, right in front of ohana, and I lost my "willful suspension of disbelief!" I figured he should of been a dead man.
Sadly, she did jump into the volcano to appease the gods! I was torn up for awhile, until my wife reminded me it's only a movie, and probably didn't really happen.
What happened to boy wins girl, runs away, lives happily till happily divorced in LA and remarries a producer? |
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vscotth
Aloha
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Tabs wanted for "Imi Au Ia Oe"
