A contemporary master of slack key guitar provides the perfect introduction to a rich and vital guitar tradition. Called ki ho'alu in Hawaiian 'slack key' refers to a variety of deep richly-toned tunings in which the strings areloosened from standard pitch to suit the music. The thumb plays the bass while the fingers are used to pick melody in a cross between country fingerpicking and classical …

Learn to play the lush elegant sounds of Hawaiian slack key guitar from contemporary master Keola Beamer as he teaches seven traditional and original songs in the special tunings that create this distinctive sound.

Par MARK NELSON. Hawaiian guitare clé mou (Ki Ho'alu) est l'une des traditions de guitare acoustique grands du monde. Cette tradition comprend les morceaux de guitare virtuose, mais la majorité des chansons jouées mou clés sont classiques mélodies Hawaiian que soit joué comme instrus ou accompagnement de chant avec des pauses entre les versets instrumentales. Le terme ' key mou ' ne fait pas référ…

Composed by Mark Kailana Nelson. Squareback saddle stitch. Solos. Book and online audio. 80 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30663M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Composed by Mark Nelson and Keola Beamer. For guitar (fingerpicking). Hawaiian. Beginning-Intermediate. Book and Online Audio. 160 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Performed by Keola Beamer. Guitar. Softcover with CD. With notes and tablature. Size 9x12 inches. 40 pages. Published by Homespun Listen And Learn Series.