THESE SONGS & BOOKLETS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON

It is recommended that before selecting an additional random piece from the song list, that one first acquaint themselves with some basic fundamentals found in workshop books vol. 1,2,3

TO ORDER:  CONTACT ME WITH THE SONGS YOU WANT AND I WILL E-MAIL YOU THE PRICE FOR THE SONG OR SONGS AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS PLUS SHIPPING COSTS. I WILL ALSO INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT IS INCLUDED WITH EACH SONG BEFORE YOU PURCHASE, SO YOU WILL HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR EACH SONG OR WORKSHOP BOOKLET. 

THE STORY OF SLACK KEY

SLACK KEY IS A SPECIAL TYPE OF GUITAR PLAYING UNIQUELY HAWAIIAN. IT IS ACHIEVED BY LOOSENING THE BASS STRINGS SO 
THAT A CONTINUOUS ACCOMPANIMENT CAN BE PLAYED WITH THE MELODY BEING PICKED ON THE TREBLE STRINGS. THIS FORM
HAS BORROWED FROM OTHER MUSICAL FORMS AND YET IS STILL VERY RICH IN HAWAIIAN CULTURE. AROUND 1830, SLACK KEY 
FOUND ITS ROOTS WHEN THE SPANISH COWBOYS WERE BROUGHT TO THE BIG ISLAND TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CATTLE. THE PANIOLOS WERE ON THE BIG ISLAND ONLY A SHORT TIME, BUT THEY LEFT WITH THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE AN INTEREST IN
MUSIC, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF THEIR NATIVE GUITARS. BY EXPERIMENTATION OF VARIOUS TUNINGS AND TECHNIQUES, THE
HAWAIIANS THEN DEVELOPED WHAT WAS LATER TO BE CALLED KI HO'ALU OR SLACK KEY
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                                                       TEACH YOURSELF SLACK KEY GUITAR
   VOL. 1         BEGINNER WORKSHOP BY HAL KINNAMAN & MIKE MONTAPERT

TEXT EXPLORES:  RIGHT AND LEFT HAND COORDINATION EXERCISES, RHYTHMIC DICTATION, HAMMERS,
PULLS, SLIDES ALL APPLIED TO YOUR FIRST SLACK KEY PIECE IN G ( TARO PATCH TUNING )
OLD TIMERS HULA  ACCOMPANYING CD'S & DVD
* COMPOSERS BIO AND INFORMATION ON EACH PIECE
 PRICE: $35.00 + SHIPPING

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                                                      TEACH YOURSELF SLACK KEY GUITAR
       VOL.2     INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP BY HAL KINNAMAN & MIKE MONTAPERT

TEXT EXPLORES:  MORE FINGER DEXITERITY FOR THE RIGHT HAND MORE ELEVATED HAMMER AND PULL EXCERCISES. INTRO TO ROLL OR (  RASGUEADO ).  TIPS ON BARING, LEFT HAND EXERCISES ( RESULT TO BE ABLE TO GRAB CHORD CLUSTERS MORE QUICKLY ).  
SECOND SLACK KEY SOLO IN G  ( TARO PATCH TUNING )  HULA MEDLEY. YOUR THIRD SLACK KEY SOLO ALSO IN G  ( MELE AU KA LONO LANI ) WITH ACCOMPANYING CD'S
* COMPOSERS BIO AND INFORMATION ON EACH PIECE
                                                PRICE: $30.00 + SHIPPING

                                                 

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                                                      TEACH YOURSELF SLACK KEY GUITAR
      VOL.3   ADVANCED WORKSHOP BY HAL KINNAMAN & MIKE MONTAPERT

TEXT EXPLORES:  INTRO TO C TUNING ALTERNATE VAMPS AND ENDINGS IN THE KEY OF G ( VARIATIONS FOR OLD TIMERS HULA AND HULA MEDLEY )
                                                                                        HI'ILAWE CIRCA 1902

TRADITIONAL SLACK KEY SOLO IN THE KEY OF C  INSTRUCTIONAL BREAK DOWN. DRUMS OR IPU  SOUNDS ON GUITAR AND CHORDING FOR INTRO. MANY INTERSTING RHYTHMS UTILIZING LOTS OF EIGHT &    
                                                 SIXTEENT NOTES AND HAMMERS AND PULL VARIATIONS. ACCOMPANYING CD'S AND DVD. 
                                                ANOTHER FUN PIECE  KIHO'ALU LELE, THIS SONG IS FULL OF HAMMERS AND PULLS YET NOT TO DIFFICULT 
                                                TO OBTAIN SPEED SO TO ALLOW ONE TO MOVE ALL OVER THE FINGERBOARD. THIS PIECE IS ALSO IN THE 
                                                TARO PATCH G TUNING. CD AVAILABLE .
  
                                                * BIO AND INFORMATION ON EACH PIECE
                                                 PRICE: $30.00 + SHIPPING

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

TABLATURE SONGS COME WITH EITHER A CD OR DVD INSTRUCTIONS 
SLACK KEY SONGS

          BEGINNERS                                             INTERMEDIATE                                           ADVANCED            
       OLD TIMERS HULA ( DVD )                                                                          HULA MEDLEY ( DVD )                                                                                          HI'ILAWE ( CD ) 
                                                                                                                            MELE AU KA LONO LANI ( CD )                                                                             KI HO' ALU LELE ( CD ) 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       PUNAHELE ( CD )

 
 SLACK KEY TABLATURE WITHOUT CD OR DVD INSTRUCTION

       HAWAII  ALOHA / ALOHA' OE                                                                   NANEA KOU MAKA                                                                               LAPOLOMA ( G TUNING )
       SILENT NIGHT / NOEL                                                                                                                                                                                                                     OPIHI MOE MOE
       MOLOKAI WALTZ

MICHAEL MONTAPERT
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