Slack-Key

Ron ! · Posted 3 Nov 2004 3:16 am

Is there anyone who play's Slack-Key?
I have always been curious wich guitars are used for this.

Thnx

Ron

Nikaro SD10 4x6

Bill Leff · From: Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Hi Ronald:

I play slack key. Just about any guitar will do. Most slack key players play acoustics, and most use steel strings primarily.

Bill

Ron ! · Posted 3 Nov 2004 7:50 am

Bill

Is this a different style of playing or what is it?
I have some Hapa songs at home....and i like them so much that i consider on taking this on.Quit a challenge I think.

What do you think?

Ron

Nikaro SD10 4x6

David Doggett · Posted 3 Nov 2004 9:52 am

I was introduced to slack-key Hawaiian music in the '70s by a girl friend from Hawaii (Japanese sansei from Maui). She considered it the contemporary authentic Hawaiian music, and she had no appreciation of steel guitar, which she considered "tourist" music. As best I can tell, it is simply Hawaiian music played on a finger-fretted open-tuned acoustic guitar ("slack" the keys down to an open tuning). Some of it is more traditional sounding, and some is more modern sounding. It seems to have a big following among Hawaiian young people of all ethnic groups.

[This message was edited by David Doggett on 03 November 2004 at 09:55 AM.]

Garth Highsmith · Posted 3 Nov 2004 9:58 am

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[This message was edited by Garth Highsmith on 06 January 2006 at 10:55 AM.]

Bob Markison · From: San Francisco, CA

Ron - thanks to another thread on this forum, I started wondering about the same thing. Another forumite suggested the beautiful duo CD called Hawaiian Touch by Barney Isaacs (G6 acoustic) lap steel, and George Kuo (slack key); so I got the CD and the CD booklet lists all the slack key tunings of George Kuo on the CD. This has resulted in some great fun with slack tunings on my acoustic guitar. The CD is great - available at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000030MB/qid=1099538791/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-1216790-5717519?v=glance&s=music
- Bob

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