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Audio Accompanies Newsletter

These audio files accompany the tabbed music arrangements included in each HSGA Quarterly newsletter.
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Song
Tuning
Contributor
Notes
Fall 2007

Lovely Hula Girl

C6

(CEGACE)

(lo-hi)

Tab:
John Ely

Audio:
L.T. Zinn

Thanks L.T!
Spring 2007

Hoi Mai Malihini

C6

(CEGACE)

(lo-hi)

Tab:
John Ely

Audio:
L.T. Zinn

Thanks L.T!
Fall 2006

Rainbows Over Paradise

Leavitt

C#-E-G-Bb-C-D

(lo-hi)

Tab:
John Ely

Audio:
Mike Ihde

Another great tune courtesy of Mike Ihde and John Ely.  See below for more details.
Summer 2006

White Ginger Blossoms

Leavitt

C#-E-G-Bb-C-D

(lo-hi)

Tab:
John Ely

Audio:
Mike Ihde

Thank you  John Ely for tabbing this arrangement and thank you Mike Ihde for the fine audio recording. Mike has instructional material available for the Leavitt tuning.
The CD "A Different Slant" with 10 Jazz standards is $15 including, "Tenderly", "Moonlight In Vermont", "Misty", "When You Wish Upon A Star" and more.  The TAB/muisc book of those 10 tunes plus a CD of play along tracks is $15
70 more arrangements of Hawaiian and Jazz tunes are available for $3 each. Ask for a complete list and Mike will e-mail or snail mail it to you.
 
Shipping is free. 

Email or call Mike at: 617-320-6569

Send check or money order to: 
Mike Ihde
68 Houston Ave.
Milton MA 02186

Leavitt Tuning Quickstart

Leavitt

C#-E-G-Bb-C-D

(lo-hi)

Tab:
John Ely

Audio:
Mike Ihde

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F, C7th playing positions. Intro in F.  Leavitt tuning.  See above for details.

 

Spring 2006

Mrs. Puff's Boating School March

C6

(CEGACE)

(lo-hi)

Tab:
Craig S. Prior

Thank you Craig for your excellent job tabbing this fun to play song.

Try for a polka, bouncy feeling when playing this song.

 

Winter 2006

The One Rose

C#m

(EBEG#C#E)

(lo-hi)

Audio:
Bruce Clarke

Tab:
John Ely

Dick McIntire solo from Cumquat Records CQCD-2765 "In Waikiki"

Thank you John Ely for tabbing the solo.

Visit Bruce Clarke's Cumquat Records for fantastic Hawaiian Steel Guitar reissue CD's,  Classic Jazz recordings and hard  to find classic Jazz Guitar reissues.

 

Fall 2005

Hawaiian Wedding Song

C6

Tab:
John Ely

Chuck Lettes, Rickenbacker FryPan tuned (FGACEG, lo-hi). Jim Stalhut - Guitar.  Barbara Stalhut - Bass.
 Spring 2005

Pa'ahana

E and C6

Tab:
John Ely

Dick McIntire solo from Cumquat Records CQCD-2765 "In Waikiki"

Thank you John for tabbing in both E and C6.

Visit Bruce Clarke's Cumquat Records for fantastic Hawaiian Steel Guitar reissue CD's,  Classic Jazz recordings and hard  to find classic Jazz Guitar reissues.

 Fall 2004

Nuages

See Notes
Chuck Lettes, Rickenbacker FryPan tuned (FGACEG, lo-hi), Band-In-A-Box accompaniment.

This song was written by the famous Gypsy Jazz Guitarist Django Reinhardt.  Django recorded it numerous times during his career and it is easily found on CD reissues.

 Summer 2004


Blue Hawaii
Easy

 

Standard Guitar
(EADGBE)
This rhythm guitar lesson was originally presented as a free workshop at the 2003 HSGA Joliet Convention by Gerald Ross. 


Blue Hawaii
Advanced



Standard Guitar
(EADGBE)
See above.


Twelfth St. Rag
2nd Chorus



C#m (E,B,E,G#,C#,E)
(lo to hi)
See above.
  Spring 2004


Twelfth St. Rag
1st Chorus

 

C#m (E,B,E,G#,C#,E)
(lo to hi)
A 1930's recording of Hawaiian steel guitar great Sol Hoopii.

Visit Bruce Clarke's for fantastic Hawaiian Steel Guitar reissue CD's,  Classic Jazz recordings and hard  to find classic Jazz Guitar reissues.

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