Comments on: Slack Key ‘Ukulele http://liveukulele.com/slack-key-ukulele/ Tabs, lessons, and info for 'ukulele enthusiasts Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ken Kellogg-Smith http://liveukulele.com/slack-key-ukulele/comment-page-1/#comment-4620 Ken Kellogg-Smith Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:09:27 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/slack-key-ukulele/#comment-4620 quote: "Slack key is a style, not a tuning." unquote. That quote should be in italics, and bolded. Over on Wikipedia the haole who redirected the search term "slack key" to his article "Slack Key Guitar" believes "slack key" is a special type of alternate guitar tuning. Anyone who has grown up in Hawii knows that slack key is a unique ethnic music style, just the same as Mexico's mariachi and jamacia's reggae are. The rhythms, cadences, and harmonies of slack key playing style come directly from the rhythms, cadences and lyric sounds of the Hawaiian language, song and chants, the cadences and lyric sounds of the Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Portuguese lanaguages, and , of course, the cadences and rhythms of Hawaii's ubiquitous pidgin English cant. Anyone whose background doesn't include those cultural elements so unique to Hawaii can imitate slack key, but they'll never ever be able to really play it. quote: “Slack key is a style, not a tuning.” unquote. That quote should be in italics, and bolded.
Over on Wikipedia the haole who redirected the search term “slack key” to his article “Slack Key Guitar” believes “slack key” is a special type of alternate guitar tuning. Anyone who has grown up in Hawii knows that slack key is a unique ethnic music style, just the same as Mexico’s mariachi and jamacia’s reggae are. The rhythms, cadences, and harmonies of slack key playing style come directly from the rhythms, cadences and lyric sounds of the Hawaiian language, song and chants, the cadences and lyric sounds of the Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, and Portuguese lanaguages, and , of course, the cadences and rhythms of Hawaii’s ubiquitous pidgin English cant. Anyone whose background doesn’t include those cultural elements so unique to Hawaii can imitate slack key, but they’ll never ever be able to really play it.

]]> By: Lopaka Naope http://liveukulele.com/slack-key-ukulele/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Lopaka Naope Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:24:43 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/slack-key-ukulele/#comment-898 Uncle Dave from Hilo published the book 'Ukulele Slack Key and made the Slack Key Ukulele CD. His slack key lessons on YouTube is part of his music tutorial. He gives slack key 'ukulele instructions at East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo, Hawaii. He teaches four different tunings. His choice of ukus is the baritone. I was one of his students. He also builds 'ukulele, his website: www.ukulele-uncle.com. Google David Heaukulani. For your information Uncle Dave from Hilo published the book ‘Ukulele Slack Key and made the Slack Key Ukulele CD. His slack key lessons on YouTube is part of his music tutorial. He gives slack key ‘ukulele instructions at East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo, Hawaii. He teaches four different tunings. His choice of ukus is the baritone. I was one of his students. He also builds ‘ukulele, his website: http://www.ukulele-uncle.com. Google David Heaukulani.

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