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Bwop: Pie Li`ili`i
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An original and joyful love song. (Featuring George Kahumoku, Jr.)
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Hawaiian slack key guitar (ki ho`alu) from members of TaroPatch.net
Original Hawaiian (ki hoalu) songs and arrangements from members of ...the online ohana (family) for anyone interested in learning to play this beautiful guitar style. (Slack key is traditional Hawaiian "back porch" music and has recently received more widespread exposure through George Winston's label.) The songs posted here are neither polished nor intended for commercial release; they are simply examples of slack key guitar played by regular people (both Hawaiian and haole) who love the style and want to share their learning experience with others. If you're not currently a member of , please feel free to visit us at ...we have a wealth of resources for anyone interested in playing (or just listening to) slack key guitar and a great bunch of people to make it feel like home.
Song Info
Genre
World • Traditional Hawaiian
Charts
Peak #161
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Bwop
Rights
2004 Peter Wing
Uploaded
October 11, 2004
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MP3 4.3 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Melinda is my "little pie" -- my soulmate, lover, inspiration, and the cutest bear I know. Of course, the first time I set out to write a song in `olelo Hawai`i, it was for my Pie. I wrote most of it on Big Island, while Gengers (Melinda) was getting lomilomi'd by George AuHoy. I knew where I wanted to go with this song but it was difficult to start, so I invoked an ancient Hawai`ian technique called "cock-a-roach" -- I just stole the first line from my favorite composer, Dennis Kamakahi. The rest of the song came easily. (I find, when composing, that it's best to just try and get out of the way and let the song write itself.) I think I first yearned to begin learning Hawai`ian language because it sounds like the most beautiful language to sing in. Now I hope to become fluent enough to dream in Hawai`ian. Writing this song let me realize I've found a language perfectly suited to expressing my love for my Wemus Begoons (Gengers). Tuning: Taro Patch
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