Post your favorite Hawai'ian songs

molokinirum · Oct 20, 2010

Dominator said:
Wahine Ilikea

I agree, this is my most favorite Hawaiian Song, just have to learn how to play it!!!

molokinirum · Oct 20, 2010

Kanaka916 said:
I'm gonna try and compile all the info from that Hawaiian Mele thread to make one list. I'll format to include lyrics, chords, and video. It might take a while with everything else I have going on, so your patience will be appreciated.

Kanaka...that would be awesome!!!!

MAHALO!!!!!

Uncle Rod Higuchi · Oct 20, 2010

Eh, Kanaka, not only awesome, but big kokua fo'guys li' us who maybe no mo' da stuff li'dat.

Mahalo for your hard work on our behalf. (ie, tanx aeh?)

Coconut Willie · Oct 20, 2010

Kanaka, Super Super Mahalos for all of your very, very hard work!!! This collection, when done will be priceless!!!!

BTW...Kuhio Bay is my fav!

Pueo · Oct 20, 2010

I posted my list of favorite songs I like to play in another thread and Kanaka916 linked them to YT vids. Here is that excellent post...
List of Mele and Vids

mds725 · Oct 20, 2010

Mahalo, Kanaka! All the meles I've learned are beautiful and fun to play, but as I try to expand my repertoire of meles, I thought it would be helpful to get input from this community. I think what you're planning to do will be very helpful for a lot of people.

pulelehua · Oct 20, 2010

I recently got John King's collection of ukulele solos and duets, which has a lot of Ernest Ka'ai's instrumental music in it. Pretty much any of those is pure magic. And there's one where you have to get a 2-2-2-9 stretch (don't have it in front of me), which on my concert neck is just about manageable. But it's all lovely stuff. Highly recommended, and not nearly so taxing on the brain and fingers as the Classical Ukulele compilation.

Harold O. · Oct 21, 2010

Singing phonetically is the tough part. Without someone to guide you along, it's hard to get the song correct. Chords have a voice of their own, but without the lyrics, many traditional Hawaiian songs sound much like any other song.

Still, with this thread as a resource, I'll give it a whack. And I'll get the Canogahana Players in the game as well. Should be fun.

Mr Bill · Oct 21, 2010

Hey Kanaka,

Many thanks.

Cheers.

Kanaka916 · Oct 21, 2010

Hawaiian Mele; Part 2 . . . Just a start, now I gotta go get some sleep.

Shin · Oct 21, 2010

Kanaka, Thanks for your hard work! Much mahalo.

Kanaka916 · Oct 22, 2010

I've done a little bit of work on the thread, just need some feedback . . . Mahaloz!

molokinirum · Oct 22, 2010

Kanaka916 said:
I've done a little bit of work on the thread, just need some feedback . . . Mahaloz!

Kanaka...dat is da bomb!!! Beautiful, mahalo!!!!

geetee · May 30, 2011

Post um heah

Pauoa liko ka lehua
lyrics
chords
video

Ahe lau makani
lyrics http://www.huapala.org/ah/Ahe_Lau_Makani.html
chords http://web.archive.org/web/20081022...gi?pid=song&song=hm/he_ala_ahe_lau_makani.txt
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaKRIYTmlAk&feature=related

Meleana e
lyrics http://www.huapala.org/Me/Meleana_E.html
chords http://web.archive.org/web/20081022175517/http://www.tropicalstormhawaii.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?pid=song&song=hm/meleana_e.txt
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OIyRKMMwVg

Ku'u home 'o kahalu'u
lyrics chordshttp://web.archive.org/web/20081022165040/http://www.tropicalstormhawaii.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?pid=song&song=hm/kuu_home_o_kahalu.txt
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgraeK4M9a0&NR=1

Somehow Wahine Ilikea didn't make the sticky
lyrics http://www.huapala.org/Wa/Wahine_Ilikea.html
chords http://web.archive.org/web/20081023064303/http://www.tropicalstormhawaii.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?pid=song&song=hm/wahine_ilikea.txt
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOhZdZlVoQY

hapuna · May 31, 2011

kaulana na pua

wconley · May 31, 2011

Wahine Ilikea is definitely a good one. Another of my favorites is Opae E

hapuna · Jun 26, 2011

White Sandy Beach please. I couldn't get Dominators stuff to open in pdf.

berean_315 · Oct 9, 2011

Auntie Wanda compiled a list of hawaiian songs in the He Mele songbook to videos on YouTube. Check the list below on the Taropatch forum. It was too long to post here.

http://www.taropatch.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9603&SearchTerms=he,mele

Kanaka916 · Oct 9, 2011

I stared a similar listing but it's difficult to find quality YT vids and audio. Add to the fact since TSH went down creates another hurdle locating chords and lyrics.

wolfybau · Oct 9, 2011

here is my version of Kanaka Wai Wai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVH3UZg09TY

It was hot as hell that day (100F) and I was very ill so not the best performance , but sincere.
not sure about my pronunciation, Ive only been studying the hawaiian language a year and still struggle with getting the `okina and kahako right with certain words , espeicaly when being sung. I am startign to get a feel for sentence structure and word recognition though.

I includd the lyrics with translation and chords iin the info. unfortuntatly youtub screwed up the order of the chords over the lyrics a bit.

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