What is your favorite Hawaiian Songbook?

Stan, where are some good collections of that stuff? I love watching the HMS guys rip off these great sounding chord patterns that sound super authentically Hawaiian. Do you know of a good place to start on the inter-webs (as it were).

Thanks!
 
Hawaiian music is so vast...it depends like what era, hapa haole songs, traditional, local songs, or the current
new stuff... if you use the wayback machine and can get to the old tropical storm hawaii site,
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tropicalstormhawaii.com
http://www.mele.com/resources/lyrics.html will do more later my laptop battery is low..Stan
http://www.hawaiiankinemusic.com/
http://www.squareone.org/Hapa/
http://www.mikebonnice.com/
http://www.mele.com/resources/lyrics.html
 
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Best Hawaiian Songbook: He Mele Aloha ISBN-13: 978-0974256405
By Carol Wilcox, Kimo Hussey, Vicky Hollinger and Puakea Nogelmeier

No `ukulele home should be without one!
 
Here's a link to my own collection. You may find something of interest.

He Mele Aloha is good, but you'll need to be able to recognize the song by its
Title as there are no helps re: the melody.

http://www.4shared.com/folder/t6j0dd6V/Hawaiian_Song_pdfs.html

kep uke'in',

Mahalo for the link, Uncle! Funny about He Mele Aloha not having music, just lyrics and chords, this was just pointed out to me the other day! I never noticed before! I think I must just look up the songs that I am already familiar with and just want to learn the chords or learn the second verse, or something.
 
Mahalo for the link, Uncle! Funny about He Mele Aloha not having music, just lyrics and chords, this was just pointed out to me the other day! I never noticed before! I think I must just look up the songs that I am already familiar with and just want to learn the chords or learn the second verse, or something.
Aloha ManapuaLabs,
Go to You tube and follow along to learn the songs.....it helps...
 
ʻAnoʻai Kākou,
(Greetings Everyone,)

It just so happens that someone took the time and effort to produce midi files for the mele of He Mele Aloha, and other Hawaiian songbooks. Blessedly I found it a couple of years back. Checkout the invaluable work by Mondoy Music. It would be good to download a free midi player in order to have the option of turning on and off particular tracks.

http://www.mondoymusic.com/MM_Mele/

Uncle Rod, mahalo for your work too! How fortunate for so many that you are willing to share. Much respect.

Me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo,
(Sincerely,)
--Liko

Mahalo for the link, Uncle! Funny about He Mele Aloha not having music, just lyrics and chords, this was just pointed out to me the other day! I never noticed before! I think I must just look up the songs that I am already familiar with and just want to learn the chords or learn the second verse, or something.
 
Who needs songbooks when you get the internet..nah, it is He Mele Aloha......he he

Ditto for me! Got that book and it's got so much mele I don't even know where to begin. Lots of them I haven't heard before!
 
Aloha Liko! You just made my day! Mahalo nui loa!

ʻAnoʻai Kākou,
(Greetings Everyone,)

It just so happens that someone took the time and effort to produce midi files for the mele of He Mele Aloha, and other Hawaiian songbooks. Blessedly I found it a couple of years back. Checkout the invaluable work by Mondoy Music. It would be good to download a free midi player in order to have the option of turning on and off particular tracks.

http://www.mondoymusic.com/MM_Mele/

Uncle Rod, mahalo for your work too! How fortunate for so many that you are willing to share. Much respect.

Me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo,
(Sincerely,)
--Liko
 
I have to agree, everyone who loves Hawaiian music needs a copy of He Mele Aloha! Another good reference for the words and translations is "Na Mele o Hawai'i Nei" by Elbert and Mahoe. For uke tabs, chords and standard notation I really like the "Hawaiian Uke Songbook" by Ken Eidson and Ross Cherednik that is published by Mel Bay. And my favorite beginner through intermediate books are the "Hawaiian Style Ukulele" Volumes 1, 2 and 3 by Uketree Records (also distributed through Mel Bay), and they come with great CD's that have all the songs in the books. I like the CD's so much that I keep them in my car and listen to them all the time.
 
ʻAnoʻai Kākou,
(Greetings Everyone,)

It just so happens that someone took the time and effort to produce midi files for the mele of He Mele Aloha, and other Hawaiian songbooks. Blessedly I found it a couple of years back. Checkout the invaluable work by Mondoy Music. It would be good to download a free midi player in order to have the option of turning on and off particular tracks.

http://www.mondoymusic.com/MM_Mele/

Uncle Rod, mahalo for your work too! How fortunate for so many that you are willing to share. Much respect.

Me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo,
(Sincerely,)
--Liko

E Komo Mai Liko,
Ano' ai bruddah ...Mahalo Plenty fo da link..woo hoo .....I guess I need a Midi player download, which one good?... He Aloha no'o Honolulu...need one.
Glad to have you here.... A Hui Ho .....MM Stan
 
King's Hawaiian Melodies, from 1948. 195 pages, ukulele arrangements. It's one of the Hawaiian songbooks in my collection (and scanned for the DVD). There is a smaller book called Hits from Hawaii with uke arrangements.
 
...my favorite beginner through intermediate books are the "Hawaiian Style Ukulele" Volumes 1, 2 and 3 by Uketree Records (also distributed through Mel Bay), and they come with great CD's that have all the songs in the books. I like the CD's so much that I keep them in my car and listen to them all the time.

I agree, these are real good. The cds are the actual song with the singer and all done in Hawaiian. Vol 1 is pretty basic and each volume has harder chords. All books have the notes, chords, some instruction and the words. The speed of the songs all vary from slow to hula. And yes, the music from the cds are real good just to listen to. Got mine through Amazon.
 
Aloha hou mai,
(Hello again everyone,)

Excellent resources folks are sharing here! Mahalo.

I am remembering one of my first Hawaiian music books that eventually had accompanying CDs is "Musical Images of Hawaiʻi" by Chikao Toriyama. The mele are in Hawaiian, English, and Japanese! (Note: The book has background stories and images, but no chords!)

http://www.amazon.com/musical-images-hawaii-chikao-toriyama/dp/096572509X/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0

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The associated CDs feature Hawaiʻi Island based artists. (As far as I can tell.)
Mele Hula Vol. 1
Mele Hula Vol. 2
Mele Hula Vol. 3

These resources are a most excellent addition to any traditional Hawaiian music collection/library, particularly for folks involved with hula.

Me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo,
(Sincerely,)
--Liko
 
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E Komo Mai Liko,
Ano' ai bruddah ...Mahalo Plenty fo da link..woo hoo .....I guess I need a Midi player download, which one good?... He Aloha no'o Honolulu...need one.
Glad to have you here.... A Hui Ho .....MM Stan


Mahalo nui e MM Stan!

Sorry, but I cannot recommend any at this time. I am on a Mac, and it just plays for me in QuickTime. I know that when I was on a PC, there was cool free software. If I come across any, I will PM you.

--Liko
 
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