Slack key guitar - "Na Nalu o ke Kai"

[danshellist]

So Lovely. Puts one in a sunset state of mind.

[RickAHyatt]

You are so very talented!

[joechill1]

This is beautiful playing!  You have a gift.

[likopuha]

Hō ka nahenahe! Mahalo i ke kaʻana mai i kou mau noʻeau.

[posmith22]

who is this girl?! She is an amazing musician!

[rkcim]

Sounds great, a different change around 2:10 though, not sure if I like the way it sounded. I do like all the rest!!

[jasonmh]

I have yet to put my finger on it, but there is something intrinsically happy about this tuning. I can sit for hours and just open string strum, but adding in this style of playing... wow :) If my playing does reflect my soul, I hope to one day play like this.

[alika207]

@germromeo Don't know if she messaged you or not. She may not know because she said in another video that she doesn't know what chords she uses a lot of the time, but to me it sounds like taro patch. Do you know if I'm right, Rachel?

[clayludicrous]

Ho.. So nahenahe !! You have a CD out already? How many pieces have you written? Who's your Slack Key Instructor? I like your style of Ki ho'alu.... it reminds me of Keola Beamer's style of Slack Key! :P

[Philingalls]

Very nicely done. I do know the origins of this piece (see below) and I look forward to hearing more as you grow.

"A musician is amongst the closest to god for they reproduce the sounds of the heavens."

[RickAHyatt]

beautiful da music is da lady.. Lovely fingers ... wish I was younger.

[RickAHyatt]

beautifl da music is da lady.. Lovely fingers ... wish I was younger.

[Kailoa36]

Nahenahe loa kela. Ua ha'i mai 'o 'Alika (Alika207) e pili ana i keia mele. Mahalo nui ia ia a mahalo nui ia 'oe.

[germromeo]

Aloha, you sound great. I was wondering what tuning you use.

[michelformika]

You wrote this? What talent. This is amazingly relaxing and beautiful. I know I'll be buying your CD's one day.

[Offdrive3]

Sweet! Keep it up sista and come and play in Australia one day!

[akakaka]

@Offdrive3 Wow, I'd love to go to Australia!!! One day, one day... ;)

[RickAHyatt]

such a soft soothing touch. I wish she was my chiropractor Or my girlfriend..

[RickAHyatt]

Oh, you are killing me so softly!

[snookseaglin]

nice playing, great song

[ofmasters]

magnificent!

[joeinpe]

Thank you so much Rachel. I send you a big thank you from South Africa - I hope to hear more from your beautiful talent

[akakaka]

@joeinpe Wow, south africa. :) I really want to go there one day.

[kc7wwy]

very nice and soothing . thank you.

[EvieHippie]

Wow... Such talent for only two years at the time! I was still strumming basic chords like a rampant idiot at two years... This is my first time hearing this style, I'm planning on learning some slack-key pieces! Beautiful!!!

[brnbear99]

How long would it take a beginning guitar player to learn how to play slack key? Thanks for sharing your pieces..lovely!!

[akakaka]

@brnbear99 Hmm, actually slack key was one of the first things I learned on guitar. It's really up to you how long it takes. Practice, dedication, discipline. That's really all it takes! You could probably learn some in one day easy!

[joeinpe]

@akakaka - hey this is a nice surprise !! Thank you so much for replying. Of coarse you must visit here. Make it soon so I can listen to your wonderful talent. I am searching to buy some of this slack key music but no luck so far. Keep contact please if you dont mind.

Joe

[Lexilus]

Nice to see some waihine playing slack!! Very cool!! Keep it up lady! :)

[ReedClifton]

aloha , please more slack key . your other stuff is nice but , you have an amazing feel for ki-ho'alu. it is in your heart. ohh wow you must feel like a fish out of water in my hometown on nyc. malama pono "akakaka"

[akakaka]

Thank you so much everyone! I'm really lucky to have the nicest people commenting on my videos.

[trollerguy]

@akakaka Graceful nice touch, must be nice to play like that....

[lcleversley]

Awesome!!! How long have you been playing?

[akakaka]

@lcleversley

hi thank you!

Ummm, at the time I had been playing for about two years maybe? If you meant now though I've been playing for around six. :)

[The3dphotoartist]

Thank you Rachel. Very lovely indeed!

[RickAHyatt]

Dumb thing to say, but what SOFT music...

Mahalo!

[RickAHyatt]

Mahalo Plenty.

[madsci1]

do you have a collection of recordings. i would be interested.

[akakaka]

@madsci1

Hi! I don't at the moment. I'm a full-time college student so it's been hard to find the time to work on personal projects, but I'm hoping to have something done this summer. Thank you for your interest!

[rcfriscoflyer]

SWEET!

[Progressence]

Uplifting.. I like it.

[EthanSurbaugh]

dang, now I miss Hawaii..lol. Great job on a very entertaining piece.

[actron]

that minor chord at 1:51 was awesome. And I loved your use of harmonics as well.

[christine12753]

This is a lovely piece. Thank you for sharing your talents and creativity!

[MsUnlikely]

Wow, Na Nalu o Ke Kai!! I totally envisioned the waves of the ocean, and then when it slowed down, and went into the minor chords, I imagined the sun setting, and it was night time, and then at the end, it reminded me of the sun rising in the morning just hitting the horizon on the sea... thanks Rachel, absolutely beautiful!!!

[localkineguy]

right on

[KailuaKonaGirl]

Beautiful composition...thank you!!

[rettek808]

dang u wrote this??? sounds like a classic!!

[MolokaiHope]

Wow! Looking forward to hearing more!

[kileen05]

Do you have a cd???

[alika207]

She's working on her debut one... she'll probably keep us updated. I can't wait to get it!

[Klyons92]

I feel like sun bathing by the ocean now :)

[Therizin0]

Beautiful playing

[Shewolfen]

fantastic

[enilegnave21]

ssssoooooooo nice.

Thanks for sharing.

Could you tell me what open tuning you are using?

[enilegnave21]

sooo nice.

Thanks for sharing!!!

[tickouss]

i like ! ! !

[Kailoa36]

Nahenahe kela. Mahalo nui.

[tickouss]

nice job!

[leofrankfurter]

WOW

[MarcyLue83]

Do you have a CD out? if not, when will you, I'd totally buy it. Excellent work. keep it up, this world needs your beautiful music! :)

[etorrestube]

I knew nothing of this style until today, when I found an instructional DVD on Hawaiian Slack Key guitar. Thanks for sharing the music with us.

[jesuspdll]

That was awsome when are you going to post more of your videos with your songs?

[melodykentucky]

That was really beautiful. Great job.

[coastalbreeze1]

sounds beautiful

[RayandBucky]

Beautiful and emotional. Brought a tear. Keep up with your muse!

[wheelnut059]

Great job Rachel. Sitting here at the PC at Christmas time in England happy as a dog with two tails!

[Oriatis]

it's a beautiful piece of art which you're playing here. just awesome!

[jambon57]

Wow, i really enjoyed listening to that. Good on ya.

[ebutouyxxx]

exelent! 10 stars!

[BigChief803]

Beautiful.

[giuseppe114]

nice

[countrygirl96712]

cant wait till ur album comes out rachel! i dont know any female slack key players out right now, especially so young! cant believe ur still in high school girl.. right on, much love sis

-becca

[bassfeile]

Yeah , you have such a great talent ! You touch my soul . Thank you again .

[vickiinhawaii]

On one of your other videos you said you have only been playing guitar for two years...amazing that you can do slack key like this...it's a gift and one I'm so enjoying listening to and watching!

[shas1814]

Beautiful song, Rachel.

And beautifully played.

5 stars.

Thanks for posting!

[eschelar]

truly delightful.

[mauiilai]

i really wish i could play slack key like you.. huhh.. someday. nice work

[alohadotme]

Well done and I hope you're still slackin' today as I see its been from 2006.

Great job.

[lvlegasetH]

wow that was fantastic! u r really good.

[chocolatemilkisrad7]

this is so completely beautiful.

make more videos (:

[Joppazilla]

sweet! sounds so peaceful

[KyojinChimpo]

wow.. very beautiful young lady.. It's very heart warming to see the younger generations take appreciation to hawaiian music and culture..

im glad to see that there are young adults out there that engage in things OTHER THAN green bottles..

keep up the good work!

[sixtieskid63]

Thank you for sharing your talent. It's a beautiful song.

[march149]

Raechel, I didn't know that was you at first. No wonder this is so good. I recall you from your Keali'i Reichel song and others. Hey people, take note of this one. She plays, she sings and she writes her own music as well. Hopefully we will see her in a larger scale someday.

[march149]

Surfing through some Hawaiian music here, I came accross your video. So enjoyable to listen to, You can almost picture the movements of the wind and seas. A fabulous job you have done, and should think about doing a few more.

[Samoriah]

you have small boobs

[tarsains]

And either you are a f*** ,narrow-minded idiot who is completely shallow...OR a kid with a small weiner still learning how to use it and ONLY does that! If you are a female, then shame on you & YOURs should fall off one day!!!

[tarsains]

And I am talking about the comment before me -YOU Samoriah! But YOU Akakaka play just BeAuTifully and symbolize the many talents and wonderful things about our island!!! :-)

[Samoriah]

lol it was a joke.

[BubbaFart]

How's about this for a joke....your mother and father are brother and sister.

[jertlong]

First of, i'd like to say you're playing is simply beautiful, it's actually kind of hard to type right now because i just want tsit back, relax and listen hehe. I've been playing alternate tunings for about a year now, but i've never tried this tuning before! With my tuning i have to remove the G string all together and then tune D A D A D or D G D G D. I love the harmonies you can get from the tuning you do though, i guess i'll have to buy a new set of strings and put my G back on :)

[DANIEL64700]

Merci pour ce beau voyage

[Blackmofasa92]

Thank you VERY much for making this song too. I've been listening to it going on 5 weeks straight now.

[Blackmofasa92]

I just learned how to play this song. Took me a couple days but I finally did it.

I am very satisfied in my life therefore.

[MagicManMe]

Nicely done. Bravo!!! Beautiful instrumental.

[Nightmarcher808]

ok maybe that was a little too deep....love your music!! :)

[akakaka]

that is deep, but really beautiful and kind of you to say. :)

[Nightmarcher808]

your music is bery moving. i really cant describe how i feel just by listening to you play and sing as well. its like an ethreal feeling like you want to grasp on to it forever, its like youre telling a story without words, only expressions that transfer from your joyous spirit to the strings on your guitar. much alohaz!

[tikiart1970]

Mahalo! I love slack key and you play beautifully!

[ramuj808]

sweet!!

[mikmc]

That was lovely, what's the tuning for slack key playing. Is it drop D or can it be different tunings ?

[akakaka]

Thanks so much! It's a G tuning. If you look at earlier comments someone asked me the same thing and I went into more detail about it. :)

[Swamy456]

oh wow your great

[nitzanFB]

cool.....[=

how old are you?

[stubbornbull68]

i know this song, you did a really good job, grats

[yoroshiku4649]

beautiful song

[potent357]

Just perfect.

[joeymonela]

Wow this is true hawaiian music. this brings me back to the homeland. Is it possible for you to post the tabs on youtube? i want to play this for my grandma. much love. Wonderful Work

[akakaka]

shootz, so sorry. I don't know how to write tabs. :P

[DonFelder1976]

So nice!!! Congratulations!! ;)

[harleynanda]

Another great composition. Good rolling feel to it; very relaxing piece.

[dancegypsy]

I was so happy to hear you'll have a cd coming out! This piece is just gorgeous.

[louvremix]

that was amazing. are you planning on putting words to it?

[mustaine123]

Good job.

[theatk]

ho it sounds like birds chirping in the background

this is so hawaii

god I miss home constantly.

hey rachel, it's adrian :)

[gailfern]

Holy shit, did you write this yourself? Slack key is so difficult... you got it girl! (-:

[Kikalani]

Beautiful slack key music. Mahalo nui.

[SHiFTnismo]

i can listen to this as i go to sleep.. so soothing.. beautiful.

[Hiwayhobo]

very nicely done.

[slackkey808]

you're really good

[kayciebug]

Amazing!

[tihamanue]

Aloha Rachel .

You are good!!!

[cocoazzz]

Ha'aheo no paha 'oe i kena papale

[cocoazzz]

Ha'aheo no paha 'oe i kena papale

[malinao08]

Did you really compose this slack key piece? I'm so amazed and impressed. I'm subscribing to your videos right now! amazing. This song is so beautiful.

[YungLoC707]

VERY GOOD, the song is beautiful =]

[PrinceTian]

nice good job! HAWAIIAN! lol! :-)

[pkodani72]

HO THE CHICK IS HOT!

[inline69FOYOU]

I long to be back in Hawaii again..........

[kalohenui]

wow! excellent! listening to you kanikapila brings back great memories from home. i look forward to more songs.

[BambiLoo]

Very talented and soulful ... and good quality!!

[jongoboy]

good video :), nicely put together :)

[ruotze]

very nice!

[sennennoki]

very beautiful!!

I love it!!

[kononami]

you need lessons

[viperBSG]

kononami,You need a life.

[viperBSG]

You Need a life!Rachel is awesome so keep your rudness to yourself!

[rakarboi]

if u guys want to be like her just practice for like 1 or 2 hours a day...!!!

[louie99999]

hahaha i've been playing for 32 years and will never be that good..then she sings!

[viperBSG]

This is my favorite one so far.Thank You so much for sharing such a beautiful part of your soul with us.

[louie99999]

Thats beautiful!!!

[lackykadz]

nice one!!!!!!

[cybythesea]

Very nahe nahe! Keep the beautiful music coming~

Chris

[Lanaki9]

nahenahe! very sweet and nicely played! aloha nui.

[honeyboy668]

so awesome honey.....

[camerono08]

wow! wish i had just a quarter of the skills you had. wow!

[angrylambie]

beautiful

[LeonSORTX]

You play the guitar so beautifully!! Its a pleasure watching you ......

[Medic96744]

Awesome!!

Glad to see Hawaiian Music will not perish with time. Especially Slack Key Music. Maybe you can teach me how to play Slack Key.

Medic96744

[simmo303]

No danger of that now. Nearly did as people outside the ohana were not encouraged.

[janzeboski]

You are perfection. Your music is so beautiful!!

[creekracer]

My sister erikaerin referred your channel to me. This song is pretty amazing. It sounds like something that would go good with nature sounds, like something you'd play at night before bed. Very relaxing.

[erikaerin]

You're amazing! Please post more! I just subscribed to you.

[peach02571]

soooo pretty

[nylonguitar]

very nice!...Steve

[o0fiGment0o]

Mahalo...you can play. I gotta get me a camera so i can put my music up too. How long you was playing?

[BubbaFart]

Nice song!

[keoki9]

Just incredible! Nice fingering, keep up the great work.

[millertwang]

Real nice tune. You're good.

[ukeuncle]

nahenahe keia. copyright this one and record it. keep it up Lahela.

[ukeuncle]

nahenahe keia. mahalo akakaka.

[royallockett]

That was absolutely beautiful :}

[MarkFromHawaii]

Awesome girl!

[dusty300]

I love this.....what tuning are you in?

[akakaka]

I'm in Taro Patch tuning, which is a commonly used G tuning. mahalo for listening! and if you want more detail on the tuning let me know! God bless!

-Rachel

[dusty300]

Your welcome! I've done a little messing around with alternate tunings, but never heard of Taro Patch tuning. Yes, I would like more detail. Thanks, and God Bless!:)

[akakaka]

In Taro Patch tuning the top string to the bottom string is D B G D G D. So all you do is drop the bottom E to D. And then the A string drops to D. The top E also drops D like the bottom one. Have fun with it! God bless!

[dusty300]

Thank you! I'm gonna tune one of my guitars to this and check it out.....God bless you too, sweetie!

[bucky619]

Beautiful playing beautiful girl!!!