He Aloha No O Honolulu & He Aloha No Waimea - Ledward Kaapana Slack Key video free download


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Duration: 07:37
Uploaded: 2014/03/28

When people talk about slack key and altered tunings, they often mention that choosing one tuning locks a player into one key, limiting their range. This is probably true of most people, but then Ledward Kaapana is _not_ most people.

In this clip his sister, Lei Aiken, is singing a couple of classic Hawaiian songs and her preferred key is F. Ledward is playing in taropatch G tuning, which is just the wrong tuning for playing the key of F, believe me. But no matter, he does his "pa`ani" or solos in G then modulates to F to color behind Lei's vocal. Jesse Gregorio, the bass player, can't stop grinning at the shift between keys!

This clip was recorded at Ledward's regular Sunday evening gig at The Kona Brewing Company restaurant in Hawai`i Kai. When he's on O`ahu on a Sunday he is almost always playing at Kona Brewing from 6 to 8 PM, for free.

The two shot of Led and Lei was done with a Lumix GH3, the back shot with Jesse was caught on a Lumix GM1, and the head shot of Ledward with a Lumix GX7. Audio recorded from the board to the Zoom H6. All editing in Edius.

Comments

8 years ago

Keiko FX Designs

CHEEE HOOO!

9 years ago

Ned BOUARAT

Super Led Slack man key!!! so perfect

9 years ago

Pam Miller

da kine

9 years ago

Nicholas Graham

Thanks for the memories! Going to see if my 2 sons and I can give this a try!

9 years ago

Abl Vanrooyen

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9 years ago

Brian Rapp

1961 jenny maxwell my mom was ellie the blonde wahini in blue hawaii with Elvis we drank primo beers with Elvis in our room at the rainbow Hilton with Joe Richie and bobby achoi

9 years ago

Brian Rapp

1975 Joe Richie rules Davie jones locker

9 years ago

Patrick Rainford

So Fresh, never heard the two of them play and sing together. Led's modulations from G to F are so sweet and mysterious. Thanks Fran for all the great work you've done with all your wondeful slack key guitar video recordings, would be so impoverish without them. Mahalo

10 years ago

Robert d'Entremont

This guitar playing is amazing!!

10 years ago

Andy Shaw

That man is incredible! :-)

10 years ago

olgoat52

Lotso fun Fran. Thanks

10 years ago

Ian Andrews

Nice. :)

10 years ago

Bo Esposito

MAHALO, Mahalo Uncle. This is so nice. Led and Auntie da kine sweet like the pakaki lei around their necks. I'm gonna bust out the liquid aloha, too, and jam along. Nui loa uncle.

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