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Makana began singing when he was seven years old, took up 'ukulele at nine and began learning the indigenous art of slack key guitar at eleven. A protégé of slack key guitar legends, including Bobby Moderow Jr. and the late master Uncle Sonny Chillingworth, [10] Makana has dedicated his life to perpetuating as well as evolving the traditional ...
Pages in category "Slack-key guitarists" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Makana (musician) Peter Moon (musician) P. Cyril Pahinui;
Slack-key guitar (from Hawaiian kī hōʻalu, which means "loosen the [tuning] key") is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. This style of guitar playing, which has been used for centuries, involves altering the standard tuning on a guitar from E-A-D-G-B-E, so that strumming across the open strings will then sound a ...
A traditional slack-key guitar, which was prominent in the 1920s had an important roles.Hence the 1930 arrangement of the traditional "Ka Mele Oku'u Pu'wai" (originally played by guitarist Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Trio) was selected to be used in the soundtrack, while the modern day re-arrangements had been done by modern slack-key guitarist Gabby Pahinui. [2]
Makana is a mountain on the island of Kauaʻi. Makana may also refer to: Makana (musician), an American slack-key guitar player and singer; Makana (prophet) (died 1819), a Xhosa warrior and prophet; Makana F.A., a sporting body formed by political prisoners on Robben Island, South Africa
In the 1970s, Chillingworth began to share his knowledge with younger performers, such as George Kuo, Ozzie Kotani, and Makana, [3] and influenced others through his recordings. Chillingworth helped lead a revival of the slack-key guitar style in the 1980s as one of slack key's elder statesmen.
Oct. 30—Kanani Oury cries at her computer a lot these days. Kanani Oury cries at her computer a lot these days. She launched "Makana no na Keiki "—an online Christmas gift drive and in-person ...
Slack-key guitar (kī ho`alu in Hawaiian) is a fingerpicked playing style, named for the fact that the strings are most often "slacked" or loosened to create an open (unfingered) chord, either a major chord (the most common is G, which is called "taro patch" tuning) or a major 7th (called a "wahine" tuning). A tuning might be invented to play a ...