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Larry Goldstein
Lokahi
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 Posted - 11/16/2010 : 11:37:15 AM
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I also have a series of about 30 video lessons online. You can access the site and get a week's lessons free at my website: www.mark-o.com.
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Any doubt Mark is one the most generous musician/teacher's around? Not to mention an obvious passion to share and promote the music.
Mahalo, Mark.
Larry
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 11/17/2010 : 1:28:25 PM
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| Mark's videos are extremely helpful. I would also recommend any instructional DVD where you can actually see someone play; John Keawe X 2, Ozzie X 2, Patrick Landeza, Keoki Kahumoku X 2, etc. If you have good video gear, any performance video in which you can see (and slow down or stop) the fingers works after you get comfortable with a tuning. |
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ah.clem
Aloha
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Posted - 11/29/2010 : 3:37:20 PM
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Thanks for the continuing dialogue. I find that I use tab to learn the stuff I'm not able to pick out yet do to inexperience, but I only use the tab as reference. I listen to the lesson I am working on over and over again in the car whenever I'm driving (with my lovely and patient wife saying "Exercise 4, 'Awiwi" in unison with Ozzie!) and as I advance in the lessons I try to predict the fingerings I will use to get the melody. The tab either confirms this or shows me my error in judgement. I have now memorized the fingering for Ozzie's arrangement of "Maunaloa"; the previous lessons were songs that made use of key elements of the arrangement. I play Maunaloa and I find I'm adding my own little things like slides into the two note chords, simple stuff but I like how it sounds. I also go over every previous exercise many times each practice session, trying to improve on the technique Ozzie was trying to present. I also find myself humming the melodies during the day, adding variations then trying to make those variations work when I get home and have the guitar in hand. I'm not too good at that yet, but I am quite happy with my progress since picking up the guitar in July.
EDIT: I just saw the reference to videos. I have both of Ozzie's, I have Keola Beamer's and I have Uncle Ray's video that I had on VHS and transferred to my hard drive so I could slow it down and loop it. I saw him live many times and I never got over how he just floated over the fretboard, magic! He was my inspiration to play this music but I didn't think I could. Ozzie is making it possible. You folks, too! Mahalos to all! |
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basilking
Lokahi
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Posted - 12/01/2010 : 12:43:45 PM
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| I'd also offer that my knowledge & comfort-level has been amplified by trying non-Hawai`ian music using the tuning[s] I find myself in for slack key. Some familiar-to-me tunes that're "easy" come out different but fun in slack tunings. Others don't seem to lend themselves as readily, but it's fun to experiment. There are also different kinds of "mainland" music that at least sometimes utilize open G/taropatch, for example. Some "less-Hawai`ian-sounding" portions of these may still be useful passing-tones/shapes for some slack tunes. An example: John Prine's "Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness" works great for me in open G with C bass/"Leonard's C" both as instrumental & as vocal accompaniment. Never knew it would til I chanced to try it, but there it was. |
Edited by - basilking on 12/01/2010 12:44:30 PM |
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