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This is my new format for steel guitar lessons in my college class. I show melody, notation, and the bottom line is a tablature for an accompaniment idea.her’s an example of the lovely Akaka Fa...

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My Yellow Ginger Lei 6 hi G rev 3 Here is my revised version of My Yellow Ginger Lei. This is a beginner chart for a simple introduction to Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Note my High G Tuning. If you us...

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This is the Iz version of this song. We were working on it in my ukulele class today at Maui college. There are a few variations in timing that Iz does that seem to throw people off when it is pl...

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Here’s tablature and a Demo of my lesson for Miloli’i for lap steel. Contact me for chord shapes for vocal accompanymentMilolii lyrics and Tab C6 Hi G(2) Audio demo for Miloli’i      �...

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Keanae positions and Tab This is a Fun and fairly simple song I did in my Hawaiian Steel Guitar class this semester. I show the melody in tablature and also some positions to accompany the vocal....

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I’ll be doing quite a bit more work on my steel guitar lessons. I am going to teach in a C6 tuning with a High G string. This tuning has an advantage over the standard C6 tuning, in my opinion,...

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I would like to promote some of the classes I will be teaching at Maui College in the Spring Semester beginning January 13. These are accredited college courses and anyone can take them! They are...

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Here’s a version of Somewhere over the Rainbow that I have been working on for Lap Steel. The tablature paper is for my 8 string tuning, but if you look at it I only used the middle 6 strings w...

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I just finished this tablature for Lahainaluna for my Saturday Steel Guitar class. I will keep sharing these lessons with any one who is interested. I will post a video demo soon. This one is in ...

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I just finished a new tablature for my Hawaiian Steel Guitar class. It is short and fun. This lesson outlines some shapes for the classic 6, 2 5 progressions in Hawaiian music. mp3 audio referenc...

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