Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style: Ki Ho'Alu an Instructional Method for Slack Key/With Cassette [Paperback]

Ozzie Kotani (Author), Dennis Ladd (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Booklines Hawaii Ltd; Pap/Cas edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0681328371
• ISBN-13: 978-0681328372
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,579,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy, Read, Play, January 7, 2000

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Chris Payne (Redmond, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style: Ki Ho'Alu an Instructional Method for Slack Key/With Cassette (Paperback)

This book is a wonderful introduction for anyone wishing to learn to play Hawaiian slack key. The music is in tabulature format and comes with tips for each song. Even a neophyte can be playing this melodic guitar music with just a bit of practice (you didn't think to avoid that did you?).

Those unfamiliar with the genre may not realize what a true master Ozzie Kotani is and that this is the slack key equivalent of having Eric Clapton teach you a few licks.

The only downside is the use of cassette instead of CD which would have made replay much easier.

This book claims to be the first in a three book series and I hope the others will eventually be available.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first slack-key guitar book you should buy!!!, September 23, 1999

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[e-mail] (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style: Ki Ho'Alu an Instructional Method for Slack Key/With Cassette (Paperback)

This is a great book for those who never played a guitar before. Once I got the guitar tuned to slack key I could actually start playing the first song. It is hard to believe that nice music can be made by pressing down on just one string at a time. I hope he comes out with another book with more songs to learn.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful start to playing Hawaiian Slack Key style, August 15, 1997

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[e-mail] (Sacramento, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guitar Playing Hawaiian Style: Ki Ho'Alu an Instructional Method for Slack Key/With Cassette (Paperback)

After working through all the songs in this book I
now have a set of beautiful and playable guitar pieces. Most are in G tuning and the progression from song to song is excellent. The left hand fingering details are very helpful.
(30+ year fingerstyle guitar player)