Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Slack Key Master

Aloha Friend!Welcome back to
W A I K I K I


"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." Leopold Stokowski


"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Berthold Auerbach



"All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls!"
Thomas Carlyle



"If the King loves music, it is well with the land." Mencius




Whether you realize it or not, you already enjoy Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar.
Hawaii musicians toured the continent back in Territorial days playing their ringing "open tuned" guitars. Soon country musicians, and early jazz practitioners, picked up on the sonics and rhythms incorporating it into their own repertoires.
So some of our favorite sounds today are gifts from the land of Aloha.
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23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very nice!

Jenn Jilks said...

I love the post, the video is so delightful, but his laugh is THE BEST. You cannot help but smile as you watch and listen!!!!

Akelamalu said...

I love the quotes. Music is the food of life. :)

Sandee said...

I love it. Music is indeed the key to most everything wonderful.

Have a terrific day. :)

Sandee said...

Oh, this post showed up in my Google reader. Just so you know. :)

laughingwolf said...

was first aware of this style through ry cooder albums... thx cloudia :)

Dina said...

Never seen such guitar playing. Fun!

Cloudia said...

Thank you
Jenn
Ake
Sandee
Laughing Wolf
& Dina!!!!

Aloha Friends!!

DeniseinVA said...

Enjoyed the video, what a great sound. I was also listening to my Brudder Iz CD yesterday, brought back some lovely memories. So many wonderful artists from those beautiful islands :)

Teresa said...

Thanks for the music today, Cloudia.

Anonymous said...

ooooweeeeee!

Cloudia said...

Aloha Denise & Teresa!

Anonymous said...

Great bunch of quotes Cloudia. I used to have the Auerbach quote in my header.

SandyCarlson said...

That's magic!

I love the image of painting on silence.

Rajesh said...

Beautiful quotes nicely put together.

Cloudia said...

Tricia; We share a sensibility for sure.

Sandy: Mahalo, Sis.

Rajesh: Namaste my friend

Jew Wishes said...

This is a great post with some wonderful quotes!

Music knows no boundaries or borders.

Shalom

Hilary said...

That was wonderful. His joy for music and humour is infectious. :)

Charles Gramlich said...

Pretty cool!

Anonymous said...

Life is a melodrama.

Anonymous said...

I do like the Hawaiian sound myself but much like Reggae it gets old for me rather quickly. Ok, reggae gets old much faster.

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Bhavesh Chhatbar said...

Cool!

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Bubblewench said...

very awesome!