Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hal Leonard
• VHS Release Date: October 10, 2000
• ASIN: 6305276749
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442,557 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A master of slack key style provides the perfect introduction to the distinctive tunings and elegant sounds of traditional Hawaiian guitar. Keola Beamer, one of the first artists to integrate ancient Hawaiian chants and instruments into contemporary music, teaches seven beautiful instrumentals in the special tunings used in slack key playing. You'll learn the use of vibrato, harmonics, slurs, harmonies in thirds and sixths, legato playing, and other musical ideas that have helped create this distinctive guitar sound. All players will add new songs and flavors to their repertoire! Songs: "Kuu Lei Awapuhi Melemele" ("My Yellow Ginger Lei"), "Kalena Kai" ("Bath House"), "A Grandmother's Wish," "Manu Kai" ("Seabird"), "Sanoe," "Makika" ("The Mosquito"), "He Punahele" ("The Favored Child").

Note: Slack key can be played on any guitar, acoustic or electric. The term refers to both the musical style and the many ways the instrument is tuned.