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| donkaulia |
Posted - 06/16/2009 : 8:55:02 PM
Howzit TP Ohana!
http://www.islandVortex.com
click on Users, then Videos and wait for upload!
I will be giving 'free' lessons online every Fridays at the website above starting at 4:15 p.m. Hawaii time.
We've been doing this every Friday since May 2009. We went over very basic slack key with my family tune 'A' and 'Kauli'a C'; The last 2 Fridays I've been focusing on the basic 'G' taropatch tuning using 1 hand slack key with hula motions with the left hand. We will be continuing this free lessons until July 3 2009 when the islandVortex.com will be launching their 'Institute of Learning' where slack key, recording engineering, videography, martial, Japanese Culture, Hawaiian Throw Netting, Luau Preparations...the list is enless.
Join me and my students every Friday, here at islandVortex.com
Mahalo, Donald Kaulia
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| donkaulia |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 05:24:08 AM
Online classes postponed until more funding is received. Please direct your inquiries to Seti @ IslandVortex.com if you would like the slack key program to continue and if you have any ideas or contributions for continuity. Mahalo, Donald Kaulia |
| noeau |
Posted - 07/02/2009 : 10:00:38 AM
Mahalo for the tuning. The intervals are familiar and I was able to play ʻLivin On Easy" right off. |
| wcerto |
Posted - 06/30/2009 : 11:45:34 PM
Here is some video of Braddah Don giving a lesson. Too bad get da traffic noise. Thanks for sharing your mana`o, Don.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnfbdyl5jwA |
| donkaulia |
Posted - 06/26/2009 : 11:42:20 AM
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Originally posted by noeau
I checked out the site. Man you got something good happening on that site. Could you post what the notes are on a string by string basis for that A tuning my friend? I would greatly appreciate it.
Aloha Noeau!
A tuning:
1st string E to C#
2nd string B to A
3rd string G to E
4th string D to C#
5th string A
6th string E
This is my family tune. We have this tuning available at http://www.islandVortex.com and click on 'live broadcast' the menu will show 'grandmaster Maki San' and 'Slack Key by Don Kaulia'. Since we launched this last week we've had over 1,500 hits. My live show last week Friday had over 300 hits as I showcased my '1 hand Slack Key hula', A, Am and Kaulia C tunes.
On July 25, 2009 the studio will be in full operation with live media news and programs including my slack key lessons. There will be a fee for 1/2 hour online lessons 'live' at the studio. I will be offering 'skype/chat' 1 on 1 style lessons for those whom are really serious about learning slack key from me. All of my tunes have been originally copyrighted in 1985 and revised in 1996 under Donald Batino Kaulia.
This is just the lessons I have to offer. We are in the studio working on my new cd project called: 'Brother Donald, Hawaiian Slack Key Tunes'. The project will include my grandfather's signature tuning of 'E Lili'u E' in old 'kihoalu' style, to a cover of 'Beamer' slack key stylings, to Uncle Fred Punahoa's 'Slack Key' and the premier of my tunes in Am, A & Kaulia Slack Key. Other tunes in D, Bb and Pahinui C will be used on popular cover songs of Hawaii. I will limit a couple original tunes on the 'auna' side of a remake of 'Sweet Wahine' and a slack rock version of 'the RainSong'.
The overall color of this project will focus on the variety of slack key tunes all in one package. Not only will the cd be listener friendly, guitar players will be able to jam along with the keys and tunes linked to each song list online information inside the CD cover.
Thanks for your interest! If you like this internet program, please send your comments to Seti @ islandVortex.com
Mahalo, Let's keep this art of Slack Key Alive!
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| donkaulia |
Posted - 06/26/2009 : 10:34:17 AM
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Originally posted by PoiDog
Pretty cool concept. Looks like fun, too! Good luck. Funny, I don't know you, but as soon as the vid came on and I saw you, I thought..."He gotta be Duane's brother!" Or at least related? 
Aloha and good luck with the project.
Thanks Poi Dog! Dwayne is my youngest brother of 10 siblings! He is almost there with his PhD! |
| noeau |
Posted - 06/25/2009 : 10:11:35 AM
I checked out the site. Man you got something good happening on that site. Could you post what the notes are on a string by string basis for that A tuning my friend? I would greatly appreciate it. |
| PoiDog |
Posted - 06/25/2009 : 08:12:21 AM
Pretty cool concept. Looks like fun, too! Good luck. Funny, I don't know you, but as soon as the vid came on and I saw you, I thought..."He gotta be Duane's brother!" Or at least related?
Aloha and good luck with the project. |
| donkaulia |
Posted - 06/24/2009 : 6:09:26 PM
ONLINE SLACKKEY LESSONS ON ISLANDVORTEX.COM CANCELLED FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. SORRY, due to the owners being on the mainland for another project, the studio will be closed. If you feel that this program is great and excellent and you want more, please send your comments to
Seti @ islandVortex.com |
| kihoalukid |
Posted - 06/23/2009 : 07:34:32 AM
Don, enjoyed that, will be watching for more! |
| jmk |
Posted - 06/19/2009 : 9:40:37 PM
Mahalo Braddah Donald for an excellent lesson. FIRST TIME I've seen the 'slack key hula'. You may have topped the 'Punahoa Special' with that hula slack key.
Aloha. Looking forward to the next class. |
| donkaulia |
Posted - 06/19/2009 : 2:56:53 PM
Howzit T P Ohana, okay islandVortex.com is running my class from last week, click on 'live broadcast' at the right top of the website corner.
I'm heading to the studio shortly. You will see a 'breaking news'....that's my partners discussing the plan for islandVortex.com
My slack key program is just one of the many institutional menus scheduled for this internet break thru to include Big Island News Media 24/7.
Okay! see you 'live' online within an hour!
http://www.islandVortex.com
Aloha, Braddah Donald Kaulia
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| donkaulia |
Posted - 06/19/2009 : 11:40:45 AM
Hey! Aloha! all the way from Kona to You in the U.K.
My wife danced hula for the Queen in 1983 and came back and had 2 children that we named Duke London and Mary Brittainy. See you online! If not you can always click on the archives if you missed any of my lessons! I gotta get to U.K. someday!
Aloha and Mahalo! Donald Kaulia
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Originally posted by Trev
Don this is amazing. I’m in the UK, and 4:15 in the afternoon Hawaii time it’s 3:15 in the morning for me! Being able to catch up outside of ‘real time’ is a great advantage for me! Thanks very much for this!
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| Trev |
Posted - 06/19/2009 : 01:16:31 AM
Don this is amazing. I’m in the UK, and 4:15 in the afternoon Hawaii time it’s 3:15 in the morning for me! Being able to catch up outside of ‘real time’ is a great advantage for me! Thanks very much for this! |
| donkaulia |
Posted - 06/18/2009 : 4:48:17 PM
Hey I just found out that for the 24/7 stuff, you can view my previouse classes by clicking on the websit then click on ARCHIVES
for the live session at 4pm every Fridays, click on 'LIVE BROADCAST'
I taught the A
Friday I will teach Taropatch, then G bass riffs then the 1 hand slack key Hula
if we have time I'll show our family Am tuning and Kaulia's C tuning
These are just some of the secret family tunes on my next CD release,
"Braddah Donald....Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Tunes"
I'll be showcasing some standard popular tunes and a few tunes never before recorded and never before exposed to the modern world.
Mahalo!
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| Pops |
Posted - 06/18/2009 : 12:21:21 PM
Don,
Mahalo, sound very cool!
--Mark |
