This week we have afew new features to our Ukulele Kani E page. we added Bill gaithers hit he will carry you to the list of songs. We have added a listening popst of hundreds of ukulele being tested and sold by Shawn Yacavone owner of Ukulele Friend.
Mahalo to Gail Yoshimura who submitted a song for the class! It is a wonderful song written by husband/wife team Bill & Gloria Gaither. Sometimes, even in the darkest hours, the best music is written. Read the whole story of how this song came about at this link: http://www.oleantimesherald.com/lifestyles/article_2d73f288-ccaa-11e3-9d7f-0019bb2963f4.html
Download the song to your device and practice, practice, practice. And if you have a favorite song you’d like everyone to play during our kanikapila sessions, just submit it and we’ll get to work on it. Enjoy! This class we added the hapa haole classic Little Grass Shack. We are asking that each student go over the songs from class once a day. This will allow you to practice five minutes a day and become more familiar with the songs. Any questions pls email me at [email protected]. March 11 2015
Aloha and welcome one and all once again to The Kaneohe 2nd ward Ukulele Lessons. This year we are pursuing a different course of activities. We are having Kanikapila sessions and invite one and all to bring your Guitar, Bass Guitar, piano skills, brass woodwinds even if you play the Kazoo, we want you! Mahalos to those who joined us in our first class of the year. All of our students out there who have nothing to do we invite you to come kanikapila to your hearts content. Another great year of Ukuele has swept past us and left us educated and merry in its wake. On behalf of Kaneohe 2nd Ward and Ukulele Club of Hawaii, thank you all for your great support of all our events year round.
Big mahalos to Joe and Kristen who donated our Grand Prize this year at each Mall event and Our Christmas Paina and for all their hard work they put into the club. Congatulations to Halle Inouye for winning the final Ukulele of this year. Big mahalos to Unko Benny for his knowledge to set up this website also big congratulations to him for being our Most Improved student of the year. As always if you have any questions about ukulele please feel free to call me at (808)426-4281 or drop an email at s[email protected] This week we reviewed the Hawaii ponoi in the key of F 2nd week back after a sick break it felt good to massage the brain and go over familiar and unfamilair picking scales. Next week on the 16th no classes lina and I will be in town raising money for my sisters campaign she is running for State representative for lower Makiki
This week in class we discovered the beauty of duets trios and quartets. Diving deeper into the State song Hawaii Pono i we found ukuleles can take seperate parts, we experimented playing in duets, we seperated chords and played them together and seperately. Students mined out the secrets of the SATB arrangement held and we played them in all toegether and as solo pieces. We studied a full duo riff in the key of F and we also talked a little about scales used in the art of Steel Guitar. Students asignment this week is to finish decoding their SATB music of Hawaii Ponoi, to listen to the classic rock and roll ballad sleepwalk by santo and johnny (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1st_9KudWB0) and to be prepared to play the song next week in four pieces. Any questions please reach Sam and Lina at 426-4281 or send an email to [email protected]
This week the beginning class Worked on Hawaii Ponoi, Hawaii's State song. The advanced class worked on converting piano music to ukulele picking. Congratulations to both classes played the picking and the chords together and sucessfully. Mahalos to the effort put forth this week. If anyone has questions please contact me at my phone 808-426-4281 or my email [email protected]
mahalos sam New classe have started for this year, i will try to blog about it weekly (not weakly). This week the beggining students learned Hawaii 78 in 3 keys and the advanced students did finger picking exercises in the same keys. The session culminated in a joint activity where both classes played together. Congratulations to the students they were able to transpose on the spot to a new unlearned key. Both beggining students and the advanced students did this and i was so proud of their accomplishments. Anyone is welcome to join please bring your own ukulele and if you have any question i can be reached at (808)426-4281 or [email protected]
Mahalos sam This year we are going to learn six core Hawaiian songs, not necessarily in this order:
1. Aloha `Oe 2. Hawai`i Aloha 3. Hawai`i Pono`i 4. Hawai`i ‘78 5. He Hawai`i Au 6. Doxology Come join the fun! |
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