Tinkering again...aroha rules very shoddily followed I admit.

Bhimpalasi - Studio Sitar Alap

My kumu's -formidable- arrangement of David Kupele's composition Lehuanani, in B11.  Gotta get those slants in tune...including a couple reverse split-bar ones!

Lehuanani B11

Song by Charles Kaipo Miller and Don McDiarmid, arranged by Alan Akaka in B11 for steel guitar.

Hana (Paradise Found) B11

Tinkering around with an old jazz standard, playing the head on a Magnatone steel and fooling (emphasis on "fool") around with an improvised solo on ukulele.

Deep Purple

Another recording of Harbour Lights (wanted to clean up stuff from my first attempt earlier this year, but probably introduced more flaws than I corrected).  Magnatone C6 neck.

Harbour Lights - C6

Steel, ukulele, and native Hawaiian songbirds.  Tinkering around with a way to play this beautiful old song with C13 and some tricky low string slants.  Major hat tip to Hawaii Calls, of course...

'Akaka Falls

Tribute to Alfred Apaka, who sang this song so well...my C13 arrangement with a really rough (let's call it artisanal / handcrafted!) backing track.  Apologies for the near-but-not-quite reverse slant to get that BbMaj7, I'm sure there's a better way but if you get it just right (as I did not while recording) it works pretty well (string 2 fret 9, strings 5/6 fret 10).

One More Aloha

Old tune by Harry Owens, arranged by Alan Akaka in B11.

Hawaiian Hospitality

I had learned an arrangement of this in D9, but worked out this version in C13, which my guitar tends to stay in, for convenience.  Played on my 1950s Magnatone console.

Beautiful Kahana - C13

My teacher's arrangement (with minor additions care of the Jules Ah See live version) of this rather challenging but fun tune from Andy Iona. Played on the far B11 neck of my Magnatone.

How D'ya Do - B11

Medley of three old Hawaiian waltzes: Aloha No Au I Ko Maka, Sweet Lei Mamo, and My Sweet Sweeting, as arranged by Alan Akaka for C6 steel guitar, on my tricone resonator.

Waltz Medley - C6

My teacher's arrangement of Ke Kali Nei Au by Charles E. King (often known as Hawaiian Wedding Song), played on my Stringmaster in C6 tuning.

Ke Kali Nei Au (Hawaiian Wedding Song)

Song written by Andy Cummings, arranged by Alan Akaka.  Played on a 57 Stringmaster in D9 tuning.

Waikiki - D9

Hilo March, taken at 135BPM on a C6-tuned tricone.

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