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Topic: Any slack key players??

Anybody else dable with Hawaiian Slack Key? I started working on it 4-5 months ago and am really diggin' it! Still got a long row to till but, man it's fun! Just curious if anyone else on chordie plays the style... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5QKYeK3bE

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  • From: A black hole in deep space
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Re: Any slack key players??

Pix I was introduced to slack key when I went over to Honolulu with a band it is a nice form of making music a lot of sliding notes and interesting melodies smile

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Re: Any slack key players??

Russell_Harding wrote:

Pix I was introduced to slack key when I went over to Honolulu with a band it is a nice form of making music a lot of sliding notes and interesting melodies smile

Cool Russ, So do you play it? Any good fairly simple tunes you'd recommend if you do? Me and the wife have been planning on a trip to the islands but it'll probably be another year or 2.... Waiting on the kids to get a touch older. Maybe by then I'll know enough to play with some locals smile From what I understand, Slack key is almost sacred in the islands and not many want to share their knowledge.   -Pix

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  • From: A black hole in deep space
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Re: Any slack key players??

Pix I dont play it well but I can tell you it is a Spanish orientated sort of classical sound but definitely unique to the native Hawaiians,its understandable why they dont share this with outsiders or mainlanders its part of there culture there's an island in the Hawaiian chain called Neihow (not the correct spelling) its pronounced knee e ou and only pure Hawaiians are allowed to live or visit there its almost like a Quaker village with no modern conveniences and during WW II a Japanese pilot who was part of the attack on pearl harbor December 7Th 1941 crash landed there and terrorized the inhabitants he was killed as he tried to escape wikipedia has a artical on this. I spent several years on Oahu and Maui it took a while for the locals to accept me but once they did they were warm and friendly,if you really want to know what the island people are like get away from the main tourist attractions to the other side of the island and visit the smaller villages.Charles Lindberg is buried on Maui in a remote almost impossible place to visit,you will have a great vacation there maybe someday I will return smile

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Re: Any slack key players??

I watched the video and its like I remembered great music smile

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