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Topic: On The Beach At Waikiki |
David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 29 Apr 2023 3:39 pm |
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“On The Beach At Waikiki” holds a special place in Hawaiian popular music, starting a whole genre when it appeared in 1915. As a song, its catchy and amusing. Essentially, the girl wants to be kissed, wiki-wiki. Four verses later, the guy catches on. Maybe he just liked to listen to her say it in Hawaiian . . . but I digress.
The trouble for instrumentalists is that piece is too short. However, Barney Isaacs played an arrangement for steel guitar which includes a nice intro, a verse, a bridge, a variation, and a hot improvisation. Barney's bridge is so logical, it sounds like it is part of the original. Here is my transcription from the New Hawaiian Band LP cut in 1968, I believe the pitches are correct, the values are close. In the second verse variation, several convenient slants save hunting for the notes. Feel free to point out any errors; the main thing is to get it right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbVjk03M4w4
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 29 Apr 2023 4:23 pm
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Barney went for broke on that one. Nice confident playing with some cool twists.
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Samuel Phillippe
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Douglas Michigan, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 7:25 am
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Dave, If there is anything wrong, it's because I can't play like that.
Great rendition.
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 1 May 2023 10:16 am
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Such a fun song. Worth noting it is closely named to the different song "Out On the Beach at Waikiki" by Charles Kaipo. That one shows up in the Tapa Room Tapes (My favorite, especially to play, is this one though.)
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