| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| basilking |
Posted - 01/08/2020 : 06:54:05 AM
Looks like interest [at least here] has waned.
Is this place subject to climate change...?  |
| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Earl |
Posted - 02/04/2020 : 06:22:30 AM
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Originally posted by Admin
I'm not sure if this place should be updated, just leave it as is, or...
I vote "leave it as it is" myself. It ain't really broke, so don't fix it. It is just up to us members to revitalize the dialogue.
Although there has been some success connecting with the Hawaiian community, there is not much ki ho'alu available to me here in Idaho. This site played a key role in launching my now twelve year old ukulele club. I responded to a post about a potential kani in SW Idaho, and met my start-up partner. I recently handed over the reins to the next set of leaders. |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 02/04/2020 : 06:10:06 AM
Distance gets in the way. Eh, Duke! No fo'get dat yoa mo'opuna need foa hear ki ho'alu - get it programmed insai dea heads! Things fall off from use as culture/technology changes. I've seen families sitting in a restaurant all on their devices. Kids have trouble understanding facial expression and tone of voice. Nuances are lost. The progress of civilization seems to be more and more knowing less and less. Remember: music is communication, although today's culture treats it like a product. No expeck dat erryt'ing goin' be perfect errytime. Each time is different and a learning experience. |
| Eynowd |
Posted - 02/04/2020 : 01:02:27 AM
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Originally posted by sirduke58
Don't give up on the site people. You never know who's lurking here or if something fruitful will drop in your lap from just checking in. Bumped into Ozzie today. Probably haven't seen him in close to 2 years.What's sad about it is that Ozzie's door is always open for me yet my dumb ass can't find the time. I only have ONE day off per week so I try to devote that to my mo'opuna. Haven't been teaching lately although there are folks here itchy to learn......As it's been mentioned a few times in this thread "Life gets in the way" One thing to keep in mind though is that Oz mentioned Taropatch in his conversation with me today. He said he's sad that there's very little activity here now days. BUT......he still visits the site a couple of times a week!!!!
Good to hear he's still about, and still checking in! (Hi Ozzie - oh hey, some news for you - my nearly ten year old daughter has just about nailed how to play "Kani Ki Ho`alu" from your book. She was struggling a bit with it until last week, but I sat down with her, and she's improved a lot over the past few days. I might have to start teaching her "Manuela Boy" next  )
Been thinking about online conversations like these lately, and why they dry up.
A normal face-to-face conversation typically has a flow of questions and answers back and forth, with each answer sparking more questions that drives the conversation on.
That doesn't seem to happen in online forums as much, at least not any more. People sometimes give a short answer, but it doesn't seem to give much space for the conversation to grow.
Dunno, might just be me.
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Originally posted by sirduke58
BTW, today I decided to host a kanikapila this coming Sunday. We're all in need of that fellowship.
Awww, man, wish I could make it along. I'll be with you guys in spirit. I'd pick up my guitar at about the same time you guys are going to be playing, but it'll be Monday morning here in Oz, so I'll be at work instead 
Speaking of picking up a guitar, time for me to practice "Pu`uanahulu" some more. It was one of the camp tunes at the Maui workshop last year, and I've been having fun working on it lately. |
| sirduke58 |
Posted - 02/03/2020 : 8:23:24 PM
Aloha Fellow Taropatchers,
Used to check in daily for the last decade or so. Haven't done so in probably a month or maybe even 2. I always have hope that activity here will pick up again. This site will always have a special place in my heart. Met a bunch of livelong friends here & for that I am forever grateful.
Don't give up on the site people. You never know who's lurking here or if something fruitful will drop in your lap from just checking in. Bumped into Ozzie today. Probably haven't seen him in close to 2 years.What's sad about it is that Ozzie's door is always open for me yet my dumb ass can't find the time. I only have ONE day off per week so I try to devote that to my mo'opuna. Haven't been teaching lately although there are folks here itchy to learn......As it's been mentioned a few times in this thread "Life gets in the way" One thing to keep in mind though is that Oz mentioned Taropatch in his conversation with me today. He said he's sad that there's very little activity here now days. BUT......he still visits the site a couple of times a week!!!!
Much love & aloha TP Ohana
Duke
BTW, today I decided to host a kanikapila this coming Sunday. We're all in need of that fellowship. |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 02/01/2020 : 2:20:10 PM
I got the idea from Leonard Kwan and his tuning: CGDGBD and learned to play some of his tunes from the "red album" in Taropatch. I also realized that the early steel players played in taropatch and would play in G and C (or A and D - in early recordings the guitars and ukulele were tuned up a whole step to brighten the tone). |
| mpi_50 |
Posted - 02/01/2020 : 10:06:13 AM
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Originally posted by thumbstruck
https://youtu.be/L45qDE6zlfU in G and C in G Taropatch.
I am impressed, I did not know about playing in C and G as you showed us. I'm going to dig into this. You mo shaka den shaka!! |
| Maliko |
Posted - 02/01/2020 : 06:46:46 AM
Keep this forum going. One thing it offers that facebook does not is "persistence". One can look for and find old stuff.
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| Admin |
Posted - 01/31/2020 : 10:44:13 AM
Hi everyone! Life gets in the way so I haven't popped in here for a long time. Too long, really!
I'm not sure if this place should be updated, just leave it as is, or... |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 01/30/2020 : 5:02:14 PM
https://youtu.be/L45qDE6zlfU in G and C in G Taropatch. |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 01/30/2020 : 1:13:46 PM
Geoff - try looking at my YouTube video of tunes played in C in G Taropatch. It's easier to play some tunes in C that way. Easy to get a vamp - D,G,C, when I play an F on the lowest string, I found that the middle D string can be played - an F6 sound. |
| Eynowd |
Posted - 01/29/2020 : 7:37:50 PM
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Originally posted by thumbstruck
mpi 50, I been working on playing in C while in plain ol' G Taropatch. Plenny tunes can be played in C in G tuning, but cannot play'em in G. Funny, ya?
Hey Kory, what do you end up playing for the alternating bass notes when playing in C? Do you end up fretting them all? |
| chunky monkey |
Posted - 01/29/2020 : 6:49:11 PM
I get email from Reid and Sarah once in a while. Reid had to give up playing for health reasons. Sarah teaches Hawaiian at Yale and is daily communicating in Hawaiian with others. Neither is playing anymore and I think Reid unloaded most of his guitars. Reid has made the natural transition from Slack Key to Quantum Mechanics. I'm looking forward to that. |
| Earl |
Posted - 01/26/2020 : 7:33:42 PM
Aloha Mike! We've never met except here thru da 'patch, but all slackers are kindred spirits, with common interests. Like many others here I don't / won't do FB.
We attended the winter Aloha Camp three times (2006, 2007, 2009) back when we lived in Alaska. One of the many personal highlights was playing an impromptu duet with Sarah at our first one at Kaupoa, Moloka'i. I was still quite new at the slack key thing but learning zealously. We doubled on one of the Ozzie tunes from his book (wish I could remember which one) and it was magical - she made me sound good. The last I recall reading here, Reid was having bad arthritis issues in his hands and had to stop playing - even ukulele. Time marches on....
Life circumstances got in the way and prevented us going to further camps (I'll spare you the long and grim "organ recital" and will only say that I am still here and playing ki ho'alu). We miss going to camp terribly, but I am pretty allergic to airline travel these days, so I will likely never see the islands again. We get over to Neeej's place about once a year for kani and/or a show, driving over from our home in Idaho. That is the best we can do these days. That and browsing here daily, even if I don't post. Taro Patch is important to me, and it would be very sad if it were not here. |
| thumbstruck |
Posted - 01/26/2020 : 08:19:34 AM
Even Duke is mostly on FB detailing his keto stuffs. Life's plate lunch stay too big foa da plate us guys get... Too bad, but nothing so constant as change. Music, aloha, human interaction will outlast "social kine media". I still play some tunes I learned from my Grandfather (different genre, but still relevant to me), still yet get to play in the Hawaiian community in this area, and have folks I "coach" for ki ho'alu. We can't give up! |
| wdf |
Posted - 01/26/2020 : 06:56:45 AM
Aloha, Mike! |
