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Kawine
Aloha
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 Posted - 12/26/2004 : 4:18:07 PM
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Does anybody know where I can find the guitar tabs to Pua Hone (preferably the Sons of Hawaii version). Mahalo!!!
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jmk
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 12/26/2004 : 4:39:17 PM
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| I can give you the chord progressions if that is helpful. If you have a good ear, perhaps you can pick out the melody from the chords. |
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Kawine
Aloha
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Posted - 12/26/2004 : 5:15:46 PM
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| Hmmm yes that would be very cool! Thank you! |
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jmk
Lokahi
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2004 : 7:03:06 PM
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Pua Hone chords are passed around very freely where I live. I hope it is ok to post this; if not, I'll delete this immediately.
I was told Rev. Kamakahi wrote this in key of D.
D-D-D-C-D
___D
O'oe ka wahine
_____G__D
A ke aloha,
___D
I laila i ka uluwehi
____D__________C___D
Ku'u Pua Hone i ka la'i
And the other verses follow. If you want all the lyrics, they are posted at http://www.huapala.org/Pua/Pua_Hone.html
Hope you can work from this. |
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Edited by - jmk on 12/27/2004 7:04:36 PM |
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BreezePlease
Akahai
Japan
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Posted - 12/27/2004 : 7:20:58 PM
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Actually the original (I think) sheet music for this (1977) has it in Eb.
Also the last line should be (if in key of D):
Ku'u [D]pua hone i ka [A7]la[D]'i
-dean |
Edited by - BreezePlease on 12/27/2004 9:49:41 PM |
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Kawine
Aloha
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Posted - 12/27/2004 : 8:44:00 PM
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| Awesome! Thanks guys |
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Kawine
Aloha
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Posted - 12/27/2004 : 8:45:06 PM
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| I'm a little new to playing guitar thoug. Do you think it would still sound OK if I kept my guitar in standard tuning? |
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Auntie Nancy
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 12/28/2004 : 05:02:23 AM
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Aloha Kawine,
I'm new to ki ho'alu too. You can play all the songs with standard tuning, but then you don't learn the slack methods. But when you're learing and have chords instead of tab, it's hard to translate - I'm hoping it becomes second nature at some point.
How are you learning? from kumu? from book? from friend?
Good luck!!
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jmk
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 12/28/2004 : 7:19:25 PM
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Thanks for the correction on the '7th' in the last line. The chords posted were from my George Kahumoku 2004 Slackkey Workshop Book. Looking at the 'Pua Hone' given to me by my ukulele Kumu, Aunty Margie Spencer, there is a '7th' in the last line. Aunty Margie gave me Pua Hone in C, with G7 in the last line. (Of course, even this didn't help my voice, I still can't sing a note!) Now that you jog my memory, Rev. Dennis Kamakahi said on some days his voice doesn't reach the range it used to, so the Eb is no doubt correct.
Aloha and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! |
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RJS
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 12/28/2004 : 9:45:54 PM
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As to playing the songs in standard tuning --
one of the central features of slack key is the rich resonance from open strings continuing to vibrate, as well as various sympathetic vibrations going off all over the place. It's practically impossible for a beginning - intermediate player to duplicate that in open tuning. (Somebody figure that out, let me know how.) So, you won't get the sound which is the reason most of us like slack key. Sorry no short cuts -- pick a slack tuning and learn it. I personally like G -- very versatle and fairly easy to learn. That's the reason why it's the "bread and butter" tuning for slack key. If you want to try those chords out in Taro Patch - Open G, try this: D chord becomes a G chord; G chord becomes a C chord, A7 chord becomes a D7 chord, C chord would become an F chord. (I think I got the correct -- writing it out is harder than playing it.)
How to get from chords to melody -- Play your chords and hum, whistle or sing the melody. Find where the first note is, typically on 1st string. (In Taro Patch, I usually try first string, open, 5th fret, 7 fret as possible starting points. Once you have the first note, hum/whistle/sing out the rest and find the notes. You will then find that you can typically harmonize either with the chord or with the parrallel 6 th (open/close positions on 1st and 3 rd strings) along with appropriate alternating bass. One hint -- you sometimes have melody that you know belongs on 5th or 7th fret, but the harmony doesn't sound right -- try using a "C" chord -- barr the 5th frets on strings 1 - 5. Another hint -- you may have to play around with the starting place because of the combination of 1/2 steps and full steps that make up a scale, which is reflected in the scale notes played on the open first string -- 0,2,4,5,7,9,10,12 -- note these are all whole steps except 4-5 and 10-11. You might have to experiment with where you place the melody to make the half steps fall in the "right" places -- It's not at all as hard as it sounds for a whole lot of Hawaiian songs, once you practice it a bit. If Pua Hone is too difficult, start practicing with "Happy Birthday" or "Home on the Range" -- After some praxtice, you can sometimes simplify the hand positions by moving between 1 st and 2nd and 3rd strings -- but that gets more advanced, at least in my opinion.
Basic stuff is not as difficult as it may seem if you let go of perfectionism, give yourself a huge break and keep your sense of humor -- not to mention 4 or 5 thousand hours of practice (just kidding) |
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Auntie Nancy
`Olu`olu
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2004 : 11:08:22 PM
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Wow Raymond!
Mahalo nui loa!! So many good, practical suggestions! You filled in some of the blanks.
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Sarah
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 12/29/2004 : 05:48:30 AM
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The original sheet music I have directly from Dennis has the song in E-flat, too. (Copyright 1977). The chords are correspondingly noted as Eb (I), Ab (IV), and Bb7 (V7).
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