Long ago, a traveler came to Hawaii as a sailor and left behind a gift... *His small guitar<G> What he didn't do was to leave behind instructions on how to play or tune the thing to standard tuneing<G> *I can relate<G> This didn't stop the first Hawaiian guitar players from strumming it and tuneing it to anything they wanted to suit their fancy... and with that small accident, the Ukelele and the slide guitar syle as well as the easy going "slak key" style evolved with help of the calvinst hymns brought to the Islands by missionaries. One of the most famious known Hawaiian tunes was writen by the Queen Lililukonoli on her Ukelele as a song of farewell... Aloha Oe'.... "As you leave, we beckon you to return" Our church used to sing- "He's commimng soon" to it... and another simular song with the words: "Pass me not, oh gental savior" Try this one: strum and fingerpick, slide and liftoff... (F) ...On the Islands (C) we do it Island style.. (G) from the Ocean to the Mountians, from (C)the leeward to the windward side..(G) -=A=- _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
