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Kanaka Waiwai
Written by John K. Almeida. A religious song from Hawaii which tells a story where rich man meets Jesus and learns that richness is not how man gets to heaven. This song as Fran Guidry's version (www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYblF14osI4) brought me to know Ki Ho'alu. This is how I heard the...
Kapolioka'ehukai (Heart of the Sea)
An instrumental tune by Dave Fiely to honor the late surfer Rell "Kapoliokaʻehukai" Sunn. I transcribed/arranged and publish the tune with Dave's permission. So here's two examples of the tune, the original and mine. The Tab is not exactly either but more directional for your rendition. The tuning...
Kaweloaloha
Here's a lovely tune written by my Kihoalu Friend Dave Fiely. I transcribed the tune to music sheet/tab and got a permission to publish it here. I also include his performance of the tune in YouTube. I might add my version later.
Listen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0b3R5P1ipE
Sheet...
Kohala March
Written by Henri Berger, a German musican who lived some 50 years in Hawaii in turn of the 19th and 20th century. He worked as Royal Band Leader and Queen Liliuokalani has said him to be the father of Hawaiian music. This in my rendition and arrangement of this timeless piece with so good...
Ku'u Ipo I Ka He'e Pu'e One
This song is one of the most beautiful tunes is Hawaiian music written by late Princess Miriam Likelike in late 19th century. The theme of the song is love that never comes true, one translation of title is 'My Beloved in the Rippling Sands'. Tune your guitar guitar in open F, one step lower than...
La Partida (Guitar Duet)
A traditional Venezuelan waltz arranged for two guitars by me.
Listen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhc5-X8Ejng
Download:
www.dropbox.com/s/1x6kjftcejny3ez/La%20Partida.tef?dl=0
PDF:
LaPartida.pdf (410276)
Love of My Life
I have been looking for a arr of this lovely tune quite some time. It has been one of my favorites since mid 70's. I tried to do an arr of it myself, but it didn't work. I was fortunate to find Jerome Niesten's arr as my base over which I edited it to suit me. I hope you like it. The note timings...
Mississippi Rag
This piece is regarded as the first published rag. It was published in 1897 when William H. Krell won a ragtime composition contest in Chicago. Though it has "Rag" in it's name the piece is not guite such a rag as later years. The piece is based on brass band arr. that Mr. Krell's band played...
Napili Chimes
Written by Ozzie Kotani. A wonderful rare waltz in Ki ho'alu style and a study of natural harmonics. I wrote this piece down from video for stydy use.
Listen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp_LaECwpbI
Download:
www.dropbox.com/s/7lrcafcflz4xl59/Napili%20Chimes.tef?dl=0
PDF:
NapiliChimes.pdf (206752)
On hanget korkeat nietokset
A traditional Finnish Christmas Carrol by Jean Sibelius. The title translates something as " It's Snow Blanket and High Snowdrifts". I arranged the tune to open D tuning as a test how does a Finnish tune turn into Slack Key...
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