What are the best Hawaiian songs to learn on the Ukulele?

MassPrimeSyndicate · Jan 5, 2015

I have been struggling to find good classic hawaiian songs on the ukulele. Now i'm not talking about easy strum chord progressions (like somewhere over the rainbow) but advanced fingerpicking stuff, maybe with a Ka'au crater boys feel (p.s. if anyone has any of there stuff as well please share

) the reason i put this is the uke talk forum instead of the song help is because i also thought we could discuss our favorite hawaiian song

boogie10 · Jan 5, 2015

Try drop baby drop. The chord progressions are easy (only 4) and the finger picking for the solo is a little challenging

sukie · Jan 5, 2015

Want a challenge? Learn On Fire -- Ka'au Crater Boys. If you want something not so difficult, try Guava Jam. You can get some great tabs from Dominator's tab site. That's where I got tabs for Guava Jam. He also has TNC. That one isn't horrible to learn either. I am a real Ka'au Crater Boys/Troy Fernandez fan. I would love to learn Wahine 'Ilikea.

Dan Uke · Jan 5, 2015

Here's a strumming version of Wahine Ilikea that I played slowly. Pretty easy to play

http://youtu.be/ouOx5KBK-qg

Jimdrum · Jan 5, 2015

I started out with Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom's recording of 'Hale'iwa Hula'. Easy enough to learn and fun to play.

PhilUSAFRet · Jan 5, 2015

Best if very subjective, but Here are a bunch: He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook

bonesigh · Jan 5, 2015

I like Hanalei Moon, here is a tutorial I made also like Kawaipunahele, I Miss You My Hawaii, Marguerita by IZ, My Sweet Gardenia Lei, Maui Hawaiian Superman, all of these are on my YT page.

MassPrimeSyndicate · Jan 6, 2015

Thanks for the replies! They really help! I'll look into all these suggestions

Kekani · Jan 6, 2015

I may as well throw this up again. Although the songs are shortened, you should get a good mix here. Let me know if any songs you need to know the title.

I hope this helps some.

Note: Ramon uses GCEA tuning on the Tiple, but ACEA tuning on the `ukulele, so his fingering and chord structure will look weird if you're trying to figure it out. Basically, if he barres the chord (making the 1st and 4th string match), just look at the bottom three strings to figure out the chord.

What are the best Hawaiian songs to learn on the Ukulele?

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