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Topic: Hawaiian War Chant
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Jeff Strouse
Member From: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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posted 03 July 2004 12:50 AM
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Please Help!!!!!My group wants to do the Hawaiian War Chant in a few weeks, and I can't find any tab for this song. I can chord the main theme, but some ideas of single string work, melody picking, and licks have me for a loop. Any ideas where I can find some tab ideas on paper in learning this song? Not only do I not have tab, but they want to do it really fast....I'm starting to sweat bullets... 
[This message was edited by Jeff Strouse on 03 July 2004 at 12:51 AM.]
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Earnest Bovine
Member From: Los Angeles CA USA
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posted 03 July 2004 12:55 AM
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As the sun pulls away from the shore, and our ship sinks slowly in the west... |
Peter
Member From: Cape Town, South Africa
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posted 03 July 2004 01:50 AM
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Hey! There's Nemo! |
Jeff Au Hoy
Member From: Honolulu, Hawai'i
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posted 03 July 2004 02:22 AM
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By the way, Earnest, there actually is an Island of Lulu off the coast of British Columbia. And yes, spelled backwards it is also ul-ul.  [This message was edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 03 July 2004 at 02:22 AM.] |
basilh
Member From: United Kingdom
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posted 03 July 2004 03:04 AM
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Jeff.....Listening to this may help... it's got a 'minor' section that's not heard too often..
http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/waikiki_islanders/warchant.wma Baz ------------------
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Andy Volk
Member From: Boston, MA
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posted 03 July 2004 07:51 AM
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The surf group the Halibuts did it as Hawaiian for the verse and twangy, minor key surf style for the bridge. |
John Bushouse
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posted 03 July 2004 08:42 AM
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I have the sheet music, from an old Johnny Noble songbook. I could e-mail that to you, but it's not the tab you're seeking.I have versions by Andy Iona, Dick McIntire, and Bob Brozman (the one that's filled with the most single string work). Send me an e-mail if you'd like the sheet music or have a Q about any of the versions. John |
Ray Montee
Member From: Portland, OR, USA
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posted 03 July 2004 08:50 AM
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Mr. Bovine.........nice to discover someone else listened to the old black and white radio shows that I did as a kid: The Breakfast Club.........was it not?I find the Verse or chorus or whatever that is peformed throughout in the MINOR KEY to be lots of fun. It sounds "Sooooooooo" different. Should prove to be a challenge for just about anyone. Not impossible, just different. |
Jeff Strouse
Member From: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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posted 03 July 2004 08:59 AM
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Baz, yours is one of my favorite versions...it's fun! Ironic that Frank also dedicated to another Jeff (or Geoff) many moons ago. But I could never play it with your touch and finesse.  I also like a version by Lani McIntire on the "Hawaiian Moonlight" album. The Bob Brozman version sounds interesting with the single string work. I wonder if Bob ever had that tabbed out? I was hoping our group leader would have an audio track with vocals that I could just chord along to, but she wants an instrumental so I've got to get pickin'! If I go crazy trying to learn this, I'll end up on the island of LuLu with ol' Spike...along with the cockeyed mayor and plenty of crosseyed hula girls... [This message was edited by Jeff Strouse on 03 July 2004 at 09:07 AM.]
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Al Marcus
Member From: Cedar Springs,MI USA
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posted 03 July 2004 09:22 AM
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That sure brings back memories of the late 30's. I used to play a lot of hawaiian tunes on A6 or C#minor or E7 6string tunings on my Supro.
Yes, we played hawaiian War chant both in major and minor keys. Had to do it every night. Everybody liked it.Ah memories of the days when we played all kinds of music....al  ------------------
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basilh
Member From: United Kingdom
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posted 11 July 2004 02:04 AM
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To those of you refering to playing a minor section....The minor section I was refering to is not just the usual melody played in a minor key, but a completely different melody...and lyrics... the version I posted a link to is Instrumental until this section which is vocal (by me.)
Baz[This message was edited by basilh on 11 July 2004 at 02:05 AM.] |
Walt Wittich
Member From: Waynesville, North Carolina, USA
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posted 14 July 2004 05:17 PM
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Jeff,
Think you might find that Hawaiian War Chant tab is available from Bill Chavier. The link is www.billchaviers.com. He has an unbelievable numeber of tabs for lap steel.
Regards,
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Bill Brummett
Member From: Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 14 July 2004 06:55 PM
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Yep.....Bill has it. I haven't gotten this one from him but my gues is that it will be much closer to "what's it's suposed to be" than the ultra comtemporary version in link given in the first post. |
Dwayne Martineau
Member From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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posted 23 July 2004 03:17 PM
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A question for Basil Henriques...I'd like to try to figure out some of your licks on that great version of 'Hawaiian War Chant'. Just so I'm on the right track (and so I can figure out the rest of your songs), what tuning do you usually use?
(By the way, I downloaded that song onto my MiniDisc and played it on my radio show last week on CJSR here in Edmonton [www.cjsr.com]. You'll be happy to know that I've been regularly tricking the station's indie-rock fan base into listening to Hawaiian steel in the middle of the workday.)
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basilh
Member From: United Kingdom
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posted 26 July 2004 06:22 PM
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Hi Dwayne... thanks for the spin...I hope Jeff doesn't mind me "Hi-Jacking" his post .. just for a comment..Well Dwayne you ask about my usual tuning.. it depends on the type of chord structure of the song ... in this instance , E6 and C6 would be my tunings
Thanks for the interest... I'll post you a link to ALL of my albums in mp3 format (For download for the type of use that you put them too) phew!!
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