PRODUCT

GUITAR PLAYING HAWAIIAN STYLE

with OZZIE KOTANI, Ki Ho‘alu Vol. 1

(DVD)

Catalog # OK701

$29.95

GUITAR PLAYING HAWAIIAN STYLE with OZZIE KOTANI

Ki Ho‘alu Vol. 1 (DVD)

Slack key artist Ozzie Kotani reveals in depth how he plays the unique Hawaiian guitar style known as ki ho'alu or slack key. In his refined teaching style, Ozzie demonstrates the fundamentals of the folk tradition in the Taro Patch Tuning, offering extensive hints, options and suggestions. As a supplement to lessons or to complement his best selling book, GUITAR PLAYING HAWAIIAN STYLE, this DVD will be a treasured resource to interested and curious guitarists of all fingerstyles. 

Explore ki ho'alu at your own pace with Ozzie as he brings you into the tradition with a focused process and compositions that springboards the viewer into playing slack key with songs such as Kani Ki Ho'alu (The Sound of Slack Key), Molehu (Dusk), and 'Awiwi (Hurry) with on screen tablature. Then, progress to higher levels as Ozzie demonstrates his emphasis on gaining a sense of ownership in the execution of a song, by stepping away from tablature and improvising.

Advanced Feature: Presentations of "Pauoa Liko Ka Lehua," "Maika'i Ka Makani O Kohala," and "Kaula Ili." "This section will challenge and inspire students to apply what they have learned in the traditional manner by watching, listening and then experimenting without the use of any notation."

Multi-angle shots and close-ups makes this slack key instructional DVD foundational and enjoyable for anyone interested in one of the obscurest fingerstyles still to be explored - from novice to the advanced guitar player.