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Topic: Essential Hawaiian? |
Marc Jenkins
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 17 Feb 2009 12:35 pm |
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I don't venture over into the No-Pedal zone much from the other side , but I'm thinking about playing some Hawaiian steel. Can anyone recommend:
- some essential listening
- most commonly used tuning (my 6 string lap steel is tuned to C6)
- some good learning material?
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 17 Feb 2009 1:01 pm Hawaiian steel guitar....................
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YOU couldn't go wrong, if you grabbed a copy of JERRY BYRD's "NANI HAWAII" album with Danny Kuuana.
Hawaiian music at its best.
JERRY BYRD's "HAWAIIAN BEACH PARTY".....is also a great album. Others of lesser stature include Berle Ives', Hank Snow and several others.
THIS is AUTHENTIC HAWAIIAN........not honky tonk steel. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2009 1:45 pm
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Click here ... http://www.cumquatrecords.com.au/
Then click ... "Hawaiian" ...
Then click ... "Andy Iona Collection" ...
Scroll all the way down ...
Then buy ... Steelology
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James Williamson
From:
California & Hawaii
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Posted 17 Feb 2009 7:25 pm Hawaiian Records
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Thanks Rick, got Andy Iona's Steelology.
Ray, no luck in finding a cd of Jerry Bryd's Nani Hawaii or Hawaiin Beach....any suggestions?
james |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2009 12:22 am
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Nobdy seems to have mentioned yet that the most commonly used tuning is C6 with the E on top.
It's hard to suggest learning material for someone who is probably more advanced than I. You can get an awful lot of Jerry Byrd tablature from Scotty's Music. Scotty has some of his own as well.
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Amor vincit omnia |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 18 Feb 2009 12:45 pm
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Thanks everyone.
Edward, my steel is tuned:
1. E
2. C
3. A
4. G
5. E
6. C
Is this the 'high E' tuning you mention? |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Feb 2009 8:01 pm
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| If you are gonna play for a general audience, the usual "tourist" music will get you by OK, like Blue Hawaii, Pearly Shells, etc. Most folks wont know any real Hawaiian music anyway, so stuff they have already heard should fill the bill. |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 18 Feb 2009 10:38 pm
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| Bill, I'm thinking mainly of learning and listening more to the real thing, rather than the tourist stuff. Although I'm not afraid of the tourist stuff either, especially if I find myself with a set list to fill... |
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James Williamson
From:
California & Hawaii
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Posted 18 Feb 2009 10:54 pm Jerry Byrd Records
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Thanks Andy,
I got the reissued LP...I think Scotty's might have the other one on LP..so I'll check back there. |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2009 11:57 pm
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| Marc Jenkins wrote: |
Thanks everyone.
Edward, my steel is tuned:
1. E
2. C
3. A
4. G
5. E
6. C
Is this the 'high E' tuning you mention? |
Yup. That's it alright. 
And I can also suggest listening to "Hawaiian Steel." It comes in Volumes one through 5 now, I think. I have 1, 2 and 3. It seems to cover the gamut of what's being played these days.
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Amor vincit omnia |
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Josh Cho
From:
New York, NY (orig. Honolulu, HI)
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 19 Feb 2009 9:45 am
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| Thanks everyone! |
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Mac McKenzie
From:
Auckland, New Zealand * R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Feb 2009 7:11 pm
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| If you want to learn Hawaiian I do not think you can do any better than to look to the Hawaiians. Get a Hawaii Calls record with Jules Ah See on steel, play it through 3 or 4 times to get the sound and feel of the music, choose a slow number with Jules playing and listen into what he does. He will show you the very suble slide into and away from a note, he will give you a balance of single notes, 3rd and 5th harmonies and chords. His guitar has enough tone to hear when he comes down to the lower strings which will give you an idea where he is on the fretboard. If you cannot get his chords on your tuning, settle for 2 out of 3 - who is going to tell you are wrong anyway? - If there is a vocal, listen to his backing and fills - I have a tape of a live show and he harmonises with the vocalist - brilliant and beautiful - if it is an instrumental listen for the changes second time through and enjoy his improvising. As Jerry told us when he was here " It is all there for you to find - good luck." |
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