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Topic: New Tune HSGA - Gerald Ross - Nalani - Dobro |
Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2005 7:59 pm |
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Here’s a new tune I recorded and mixed over the weekend. It’s the Alvin Kaleolani Isaacs classic ‘Nalani’. You may have first heard this tune recorded ever so romantically by the great Hawaiian crooner Alfred Apaka. His rendition is so soft, gentle and sensitive, almost a lullaby.
My rendition... I tried for the Alfred Apaka look and feel... God knows I tried, but my DNA quickly turned the tune into a Hawaiian vaudeville soft-shoe. What can I say? It’s the way I’m wired.
Nalani
I’m using my Beard/Gold Tone Squareneck tuned CEGACE. The uke is my recent Christmas present a Bushman Jenny (concert size).
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 23 January 2005 at 08:09 PM.] |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2005 10:32 pm
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Gerald...That was really great..nice flowing sound. Personally, I loved it, but getting back to that "other" thread regarding sticking with the melody...(you know what I mean), NALANI strayed somewhat from the actual melody line almost from the start. But hey, like I said, it was a beautiful job and again, I loved it !!!  |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 7:36 am
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Keoki,
I was never one to sit down with a microscope and dissect recordings note for note in order to learn them. I may steal a lick here and there but I quickly get bored and just want to play the tune. Hence, my "own unique style" .
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 24 January 2005 at 07:47 AM.] |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 10:27 am
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NICE!
The Beard/GT and Bushman "Jenny" both sound [1]very[/i] nice for budget instruments. Of course, it's a good player that can make a budget instrument sound better than it is, too.
I'm the same way about straying from melody. I'll quote some of it, then I get bored, and then I tend to free-form it from that point.
I like the relaxed feel to the tune. Ahhhh...
TJW
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Todd James Weger/RD/RTD
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Chandler RH-4 Koa semi-hollow lapsteel (open G); Regal resonator (open D or G)
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 10:31 am
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That's beautiful ... what a treat on such a miserable day.
Thanks ...
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Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 11:18 am
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Gerald,
As Napolian Dynamite would say "sweet"
So what guages do you use for the reso? I'm thinking of getting one of the Beard/GT from our local shop.
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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"There is no spoon"
www.book-em-danno.com
www.seldomfed.com
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 1:27 pm
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| Gerald...EXACTLY the way I feel ! We're kindred souls in that respect. |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 2:10 pm
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Gerald,
Great job--lots of feeling. I look forward to your musical posts. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 2:56 pm
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Does this mean you wont be my rythm man at the conventions anymore, and be the new uke force? That was a great job on Nalani. If the notes or chords were not true as George says, I didn't know the tune anyway!!
BILL |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 3:17 pm
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| Bill, they were TRUE, however the melody line showed imagination which is what makes music so very interesting. Gerald played it beautifully, even though he changed the melody line...which goes back to that "other" thread and the pointless discussion. [This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 24 January 2005 at 03:22 PM.] [This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 24 January 2005 at 03:23 PM.] |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 4:00 pm
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| Very nice Gerald! This is one of my favorite tunes, written by the man himself! |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 6:26 pm
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Bill,
I will always be your rhythm guitar man at the conventions we attend together and happily do so. And I will continue to twist your arm to get you on stage.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Craig Prior
From:
National City, California, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 7:28 pm
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Gerald, great to hear such sweet sounds wafting from the tropical climes of Ann Arbor ;-)
Wonderful little tune and a great sound. And a beautiful job on the ukulele... that was you, right?
Craig. |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2005 8:02 pm
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Yep, me on all instruments.
You can do very cool guitar things on the uke that you can't do on the guitar, like stretch 5 frets comfortably with your pinky.
Don't think of it as a uke, think small guitar. |
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