Sanoe C - F
This is the version on Mark's CD that you've asked for. The C to F modulation is more common, but wait until you see how it moves back! Drop C tuning. Level: Int/Adv

When you've completed the purchase, click on the "Return to Merchant" link at the bottom of the PayPal page to be directed to a page where you can download a PDF. If for some reason you don't get the TAB page after you've completed your purchase, send an e-mail and we'll send you the TAB as an attachment.

`Ukulele TAB More TAB to help you in your study of melodic fingerstyle `ukulele. "What's Fingerstyle `Ukulele," you say? Maybe you need Mark's book.. Click on the title to hear a MIDI file, then use the "Add to Cart" button to purchase your TAB. When you've completed the purchase, click on the "Return to Merchant" link at the bottom of the PayPal page to be directed to a page where you can download a PDF. If for some reason you don't get the TAB page after you've completed your purchase, send an e-mail and we'll send you the TAB as an attachment
"Slack Key" `Ukulele Here's a preview of Mark's next `ukulele book: Wonderful songs arranged slack key style. Best for concert or tenor `ukulele with a low G. Tune your 1st string down to G and "Jes' Press."
Kealoha A very simple arrangement to get you started in the style.
Aloha `Oe A beautiful arrangement of the immortal song. Not too difficult.
Papakolea Makes a nice medly with Kealoha. Not too difficult
Salomila A sassy song with a charming melody. Int.
Kimo's Slack Key Here's a slack key guitar standard for your uke! Int
Makee Ailana Another slack key guitar standard. Int.
Mauna Loa The ki ho`alu standard arranged for `ukulele. Intermediate.
Ukulele Slack Key #1 It starts out easy, but then adds some twists and turns! A great way to learn the licks and tricks. You can hear an extended version on Funtime Uke-A-Rama. Int/Adv
Moana Chimes A steel guitar standard, this arrangement takes its inspiration from the great Hawaiian slack key guitarist Ray Kane. Adv.
Hula Blues Sonny Cunha's great jazz age tune. Fairly challenging!
Kowali A lovely song about the Hawaiian Morning Glory. Int/Adv
He Aloha No`o Honolulu A beautiful song in praise of Hawaii's biggest city. Int/Adv
Melodic Fingerstyle Arrangements in Standard `Ukulele Tuning Ahe Lau Makani Queen Lili`uokalani's wonderful waltz in a fairly easy arrangement.
Daisy Waltz You might know it as "A Bicycle Built for Two." It's a fairly simple arrangement to get you started moving up the neck.
Hawaii Aloha Rev. Lyon's immortal song is sung at the close of every Island gathering. Here's an easy instrumental arrangement.
Kahuli Aku Aunty Nona Beamer's beloved children's song is great way to get started playing melody! The TAB includes chord diagrams.
Moloka`i Waltz Another pretty waltz for your growing repertoire. Uses some chords up the neck.
Pua Lililehua Charming! It's a pretty easy arrangement and a good way to practice melodic fingerstyle playing.
Akahi Hoi & Koni Au i Ka Wai Two classics from King Kalakaua! These are both quite easy and a great way to add to your fingerstyle repertoire. Two TABs for the price of one!
Kanaka Waiwai Johnny Almeida's beloved melody in a nice arrangement that will get you moving up the neck a bit.
`Ulupalakua Here's a pretty easy melodic arrangemnet of the classic paniolo song from Maui
Ulili E Another fairly simple melodic arrangement of a beautiful song about a Hawaiian seabird.
Pupu Hinuhinu Aunty Nona Beamer's lullabye in a very simple arrangements. Great for novices.
Kawohikukapulani A challenging arrangement of Helen Desha Beamer's beautiful melody.
Kona Rag And now for something completely different! Here's a bluesy rag based on the playing of Big Bill Broonzy. For ukes with a low G. Not at all EZ.
Hawaiian Turnarounds No MIDI file. Just a nice collection of Hawaiian vamps for the standard `ukulele keys. Essential! And free, too.	Download Turnarounds PDF.

About Levels of Difficulty

Setting a level is pretty arbitrary -- and who's to say that these choices reflect reality? Here are some thoughts to give you some idea

• Beg is beginner. As in "Which way is up? How does my hand work?" So expect fairly basic arrangements, exercises and lessons to learn picking, etc. Handy for getting started, or as a springboard to making your own arrangement.
• Beg/Int arrangements are fairly basic ~ maybe just the melody with simple harmonies, not much in the way of variations.Good to build repertoire and to learn the ins and outs of the style.
• Int is where the bulk of 'em will be: Maybe some different hand positions, maybe some tricky picking here and there, but nothing too challenging. Well within the level of most folks who've played for a year or more.
• Int/Adv adds more syncopation, extended harmony, modulations, etc. You should feel pretty comfortable with slack key or melodic `ukuele stylings to tackle these.
• Adv is the hard stuff.

Remember that these levels are only suggestions. You mind find an advanced arrangement to be a piece of cake while something Mark thinks is easy ~ like the way you use your thumb on "Ahe Lau Makani" or on some of the `ukulele arrangements ~ might be an unexpected challenge. The best way to approach this is to just grab tunes you want to learn and take it slow.

Hawaiian Slack Key guitar uses dozens of different tunings ~ though most players tend to favor just a few. Here's a sample of some of the tunings you'll encounter in the TAB. All tunings are given from low to high.

• Taropatch. D-G-D-G-B-D Maybe the most common tuning. Called "Open G" on the Mainland.
• Double Slack (G Wahine) D-G-D-F#-B-D. Wahine tunings have a major 7th interval.
• Drop C C-G-D-G-B-D Sometimes called "Leonard's C" after Leonard Kwan. A wahine tuning.
• C Wahine C-G-D-G-B-E Also called "Keola's C" after Keola Beamer.
• F Wahine C-F-C-G-C-E Not all slack key tunings slack the strings, here you raise the 2nd string to C.
• Bb Tuning F-Bb-D-F-Bb-D Another tuning where you need to raise a couple of strings
• D Major D-A-D-F#-A-D Similar to Taropatch.
• D Wahine D-A-D-F#-A-C#
• D 9th D-A-E-F#-A-D An unusual tuning that allows root-fifth basses on open strings for the tonic and dominant chords.

All non-original songs are public domain to the best of our knowledge. Mark's songs are copyrighted. The TAB is copyrighted ~ unauthorized sharing or publication will result in something very bad happening. Yes, that's an old-fashioned curse.

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