Hawaiian slide guitar

[Caevan O'Sh!te]

Steinar, thanks for that link to "Kaluana o Hilo Hanakahi"; what a cool tune!

I'll have to check out "Hapa Haole Hula Girl" now. (How can you go wrong, with a title like that?)

O.K., just listened to it a few times; great stuff! I think there's sand between my toes and happy-love in my eyes now! D@mn, he could play!

Thanks also for the very informative Hawaiian Guitar primer. Is this the same as "slack-key", or is that more of a fretted style?

[dogbite]

slack key is the jargon they used to describe open tuning.
ie; tuning slack from standard.

[Caevan O'Sh!te]

"slack key is the jargon they used to describe open tuning.
ie; tuning slack from standard."

O.K., so, when speaking in the context of Hawaiian Island music, "Slack Key" just means any Hawaiian musical style using Open-tuned/detuned guitars, whether slide, steel, or fretted?

[Steinar Gregertsen]

O.K., so, when speaking in the context of Hawaiian Island music, "Slack Key" just means any Hawaiian musical style using Open-tuned/detuned guitars, whether slide, steel, or fretted?

Mmmnnnnnnjjjaaaa..well... not exactly. It refers to a special style of guitar playing that is typical of the Hawaiian Islands, usually performed on regular (often nylon stringed) guitars tuned down to some open tuning (often the low-bass - or "taro patch" - G tuning).

Unless I am totally mistaken, but that NEVER happens anymore.....

Steinar

[moedecker]

great mp3's

[tstrahle]

To get a Hawaiian sound to my lap steel I tune it either E6 Tuning - EBEG#C#E or D6 Tuning DADF#BD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n49BGBU9_B0