Slack Key "Punahoa Special"

[tyroneous13]

Wow brah unriiios, seriously this is beautiful

[hoopiii]

Duke

I da man , I told Ramone I wanted get together and jam

[Awareness4humanity]

This is so good. Closing eyes (smile) and enjoying. Wow. I need a CD.

[chinguidinsky]

this song cheered me up, good soundtrack for life, while driving, while walking, makes hte colors brighter.

[sirduke58]

@chinguidinsky Thank you very very much for that really cool comment. I'm so glad it inspires those thought in you.....Your comment certainly made my day.

[jzathey]

I be da kine wahine from east coast. My kane he say I look

da kine funny kine wit' my panty hose and high heels in Honolulu. Bu' da kuloco dey like dis kine wahine.

I stop sum cars even do I be ol', 51 years. but still nui hoholo.

I miss my home in HI, even though I've never lived there.

Keep up the gorgeous slack key. We visited last month, went to Ron's 61 Punahou reunion. The most remarkably financially beneficial reuinion in their history. . See me on jzathey.

[sirduke58]

@jzathey Thank you very much for the kind words. Always great to connect with Hawaiians at heart.

[wailauryder]

nice bradda duke

[sirduke58]

@wailauryder Wow much mahalos for the kind words my bruddah. It means a lot coming from an established Hawaiian musician, more so from one who also plays ki ho'alu. I'm proud of how you guys are representing Hawaiian music up & down the West Coast & especially Japan. Das how Cuz!!!!!!

[kehau96701]

Mahalo for sharing!

[sindrole]

is there any need to have a raised nut in slack key playing?

[djjtgroove]

Aloha and great playing! Cheers from Nashville TN.

[nakoam]

uncle no can send me some tabs to me on kauai . you rippum one day i goig play god too i hope

[hookup858]

Really enjoyed this Mahalo !!

[rkcim]

Awesome, just awesome.

[dicsballer9]

What the heeeee you made your guitar sound just like a mandolin at the beginning. I've never heard that one before! Great damn picking, man!

[bluepoet71]

Ahhh.....thank You Kind Sir......this has made my day......most beautiful.

[sirduke58]

@bluepoet71 Thank you for your very kind words. It is greatly appreciated

[aukai]

mahalos for the awesome tune sirduke! you stay on big island by chance?! lol

[sirduke58]

@aukai Howzit Aukai, sorry but I no stay Big Island, I stay Honolulu. I was born Hilo but raised Honolulu. My parents still up there in Laupahoehoe. You play ki ho'alu? Email me at dukedomingo58@yahoo.com with one email address that allows attachments & I send you some slack key tabs.

Malama pono

Unko Duke

[TheBrowndawg]

great playing. would have loved to have seen the picking hand as well. love your work.

[dancers10]

You are the man!

[duckcorn]

Thanks for the great music & your wonderful style. It's truly amazing to listen to such

a beautiful melody. Glad to see you've put up other samples of this music. In such a tough world it's nice to have a little beauty now & then. Keep up the good "job"!!! And

keep the great music flowing. All the best, DC

[kika2528]

Hi Duke...i think i can learn this one..what's the tuning.....love this one!

[Barbarian216]

Brudda Duke...

Mahalo..again for the tunes, neva mind the extra run-off..still sounds good! Maybe a couple okole hau prior to playing will smooth it out a little..ha ha! Still can't wait to buy your CD when it come out..

[olu143]

HOLY Shiitake!

This is the first time I really listened to this mele. This is mean!!!! Idk why I didn't pay attention to this one earlier! Love this mele Hawaiian!

You gotta teach me. Awesome my bruddah!

[MKurki]

What a storm!

You really got a sportin' right hand. Too bad, your picking was out of the camera wiev...

[whatutinkitis]

hey awesome job man.... i was born in hawaii with hawaiian parents but grew up in the mainland and i wanted to learn that so i can play it for our highschool guitar concert... do you know where i can learn this... like tabs or videos or anything mahalo

[bachbeer]

hey dude nice,

pickin your ass off,

? what is your tuning, please send eric

[sirduke58]

Hey Eric

Thanx for the props bro. I'ts in the Hawaiian Slack Key tuning called Bb Mauna Loa and tuned as follows F-Bb-D-F-G-D from the thickest to thinnest strings. Not too hard to figure out it's mostly a series of pull offs. Good luck with it, it's totally learnable..

Aloha & Mahalo

Duke

[Papa2034]

Wow man you're awesome! You've inspired me to buy a slack key book. I've been pickin for about a year and have never heard this music. Thanks for sharing your gift.

[sirduke58]

Not as awesome or difficult as you might think. Sounds harder than it really is. Don't have tabs for this but I do for others. Thank you for the awesome compliment

Mahalo

Duke

[KaliMikki]

I lived on Oahu for a couple years and discovered a love of slack key, uke, hula... You remind me of my time there, and the beautiful things the Hawaiian people have brought to our world. Thank you!

[sirduke58]

Thank you so very much for the kind words. Especially for giving me credit for reminding you of fond thoughts of Hawaii and Oahu where I reside. It thrills me to know that the magic of slack key transported you here for the 4 1/2 minute duration of the song.

Warmest Aloha

Duke

[RAYnLISA]

good job...my papa would be so honored...jus press....konanui girls...

[sirduke58]

Howzit Konanui Ohana

Mahalo much for the high praise. I hope I did your papa's music justice with my rendition. Never heard of Uncle Fred Konanui Punahoa until Ledward mentioned him but like so many other aspiring ki ho'alu players your papa unknowingly influenced all of us. He is a true legend of ki ho'alu.

Warmest Aloha

Duke

[wjc1952]

Dukie - my braddah - you get ova 4600 hits on dis video! I tink dat makes you one of da top ki ho`alu playaz ini da WIRL AURYTE MY BRADDAH!!!!!

Love,

Wanda

[sirduke58]

I wish!!! But I'll settle for "One of the better ones on YouTube" hehehehe It ain't me it's Uncle Fred awesome mele ;-)

[sirduke58]

Eh Shawn coming from you it says a lot and means a lot. Mahalo my bruddah. When we goin' jam again?

[sm80808]

I don't know how I missed favoriting this one.

Frickin' awesome Duke

[sirduke58]

Thank you so much for the kind words Chuck & Deb ;-)

Aloha

Duke

[Kikalani]

Awesome. Sounds great.

[RootOfJah]

Mean Braddah!!!!

[sirduke58]

Mahalo much fo' da compliment, dis one soooo good fun fo' play

Malama Pono

Braddah Duke

[aspenkate]

Haha! This one is on my facebook profile too! A few of my friends never even heard this kind of music before, and they love it. I'm from Michigan. Not a lot of island music here...LOL

[richwarth]

Great playing, thanks for posting. Loved the tuning, melody, sync & feel. Marvellous stuff! Peace.

[Kau75]

Hey Brudda Duke,

What tuning are you playing for Uncle Fred's Punahoa Special?

Mahalo,

dalefty75

[sirduke58]

Howzit,da tuning is Bb Maunaloa. Da Rev. Dennis Kamakahi use dis one planny too. From bass strings down it goes ladis F-Bb-D-F-G-D. Secret to dis tuning is fo' use da 3rd string as paht of da alternating bass scheme....So wat you one lefty jalike me? I wen convert long time ago cause mo' eazy ;-)

Shootz

Bruddah Duke

[iwitchhunter]

this is really great. what is the tuning?

[sirduke58]

Thank you very much for the compliment.The tuning is called "Bb Maunaloa" tuned as follows F-A#-D-F-G-D. Just a whole bunch of pull-offs, sounds more difficult than it is. More than 50% of my rendition is expanding on the original concept.Give it a try & Good luck!!

[cudagon]

very familiar with puna,lived in pahoa,actually hawaiian beaches,thanks for the ohana? jams

[sirduke58]

Mahalo much my braddah for da kind words.I not family to Uncle Fred just another fan.

[sgsmithr]

The Music is the best of the Hawaiian Spirt on a good which is whenevah you hera a song played with so much hapiness

[akarpowicz]

Greetings from California. I've been listening to all your wonderful videos. Thanks for posting, I'm subscribing and look forward to others. Keep up the good work. THANKS

[dougfitchmusic]

Too Cool my braddah! Love it! Almost as much fun as playing with you the other day! Had to laugh at the faces you make too! :) You're great. See you soon!

[RAYnLISA]

ohhh i forgot JUS PRESS......

[RAYnLISA]

all you need is the paper package ...if i closed my eyes and listened it would just bring back so many memories....id be one big cry baby ....my mother is Isabelle Konanui ..3rd child of fred punahoa konanui..hana hou...Aloha,Lisa

[808hotboy]

Howzit my braddah,wow seems like only yesterday you wen post your first video,anyway it's fun to see you cut loose and jus give em.Still crack me up with da facial expressions,cause to me you go.

[sirduke58]

How you braddah Jay? Mahaloz much fo' da kind

words.Yeah brah my friends stay rag me about

da faces. No can help but because everytime I

jam up da buggah sowah jalike heartburn. But

she go I guess.

Mahalo & Aloha

Braddah Duke

[99iwaena]

bradda Duke,

i hope one-day i come across you and shake your hand for sharing, you see, i grew up and worked with people who played slack-key music, the Pahinui's was my neighbors, people i worked with like Atta, Uncle Sonny C., bradda George Kuo, Barney I., plenty guys can name, but, eh! that no matta bradda Duke to me you play'em just as bad as them, unreal!, anyway thankz allot for the quick response, maybe one-day i going get the chance to shake your hand!!

mahalo & aloha

99iwaena

[sirduke58]

Wow Hawaiian!!! I no tink I can even dream dat

good!!! I wish dat wuz true but I know bettah

Mahalo fo mentioning me in dat company.

Mahalo & Aloha

Braddah Duke

[99iwaena]

bradda, i don't know where you been all this time, or i must have been living in one cave or something! i swear if i had my eyes close, i thought was uncle fred, or bradda ledward playing his signature slack key slide?

oooohhhh, you bad!! mahalo for sounds!!!

[sirduke58]

Mahalo much fo da high praise.I actually came

out of da closet about 6 months ago.Long time

only play for myself, nevah tawt I wuz good

enuff fo shayah.Now I glad some good people

wen convince me fo come outta da darkness. I

nevah realize planny peepo shayah my love fo

ki ho'alu

Mahalo & Aloha

Duke

[kawika96797]

ho brah, das hot.

kawika

[JesseTinsley]

Rock solid! Good fun!

Keep 'em comin'!

[sirduke58]

Eh fo real kine Jesse dat wuz good fun & tanx

fo da compliment.You been busy lately,yeah. I

see you got 4 new videos out.Eh ereboddeh we

go check 'um out, he get "Waimanalo" "Ka Lei E" "Na Ka Pueo" & "Pua Lililehua" Dis buggah

too good wit da leo ki'eki'e (Hawaiian Falsetto) Eh we go chrai look, jess follow me

I show you.Garans you goin like 'um!!

Aloha

Duke

[JesseTinsley]

I like the speed you play this at. Sometimes Bruddah Led's speed is so fast you can't enjoy the kolohe nature of the song.

[wjc1952]

See, Dukie. All da peepo stay lovin yoah kiho`alu. You are now goin be da kumu foah lots of haumana.

Plus you get choke aloha.

Love,

Wanda

[sirduke58]

I can live with that Wanda.Thanks for the cool

comment................Love, Duke

[BubbaFart]

Great video as always Bruddah Duke. When I come back I go bring da grinds & beeah. :-) I went back to my electric for a couple days to practice some Blues (flatpicking) and when I went back my acoustic for more Slack Key practice I was missing strings... :-\ Watching you Slack Key guys on youtube inspire me to practice practice practice!

Hang loose,

Layne

[sirduke58]

Right on braddah Layne,mahalos fo da cool

comment.Cuz sorry but me & Braddah Jay no ino

but you can suck 'um up if you like cause ony

goin' make us sound bettah!!!Eh main ting you

restring dat acoustic befo you come home cause

you know we goin' call you out on da geetah

lidat.....K-den Braddah Duke

[BubbaFart]

No probs on the beeah. I don't care for beeah either....call me out on guitar??!! :-O I better get some more practicing in!

[sirduke58]

No need practice we jess backyahd da buggah

main ting get good fun. Das we goin call you

out on da geetah, goddah get involved lidat

cause mo good fun & das wat it's all about.

K-den

Braddah Duke

[kozsak]

Smooth as silk Sir Duke!

[sirduke58]

Howzit Dan

Thanks so much for the nice words I really

appreciate it.Hey saw your video the "Monica"

original slack key one.Good job dude & you're

are alot better than you let on.Sly guy:)

Aloha

Braddah Duke

[kozsak]

Hey Thanks Braddah Duke! I'm learnin'. :-)

I used to only play with a flat pick. Switching to finger style (thumb pick) can be a bugga. LOL. Like others have posted, watching your videos is inspiring and has taught me a lot!

[slackkey808]

Hurray a new video. Sounds awesome as usual. It seems like there's sort of a percussion like beat going on (very cool).

[sirduke58]

Howzit Zack

Mahalo for the compliment.I just prerecorded a

rhythym guitar muting the strings, played it

back on the computer & played lead with my own

accompaniment.Tried it solo & it sounded way

to thin.Paper bag idea was shot cause my amp

was acting up...Glad you liked it

Mahalo

Uncle Duke

[rae3604]

sweet

[sirduke58]

And so are you & your comment!!!!!

Mahalo

Braddah Duke

[zippychip2005]

WOW!!! That gave me a big time rush Bruddah Duke. Somebody should drag you out of the house and give you a gig brah!

[sirduke58]

You are too kind Bob.Like I just told Fran it

has more validation coming from a fellow slacker.Mahalo my braddah!!!...........Duke

[franguidry]

Sir, you've absolutely outdone yourself!! I wish there were more than five stars to give this clip.

Time for you to become one of those folks with a CD to sell!!

[sirduke58]

Wow Fran very high praise that is greatly

appreciated.Like I said, it carries much more

weight coming from a fellow slacker BTW loved

your "Pauoa liko ka lehua" Check it out guys!

Mahalo

Braddah Duke

[gtrglenn]

Thanks for sharing your family's music with us. Love the slack key vibe and the aloha spirit. Blessings on you.

[sirduke58]

Mahalo for your comment Glenn,unfortunately I

am not related to musical genius Uncle Fred

Punahoa.We in Hawaii always refer to our elders as Uncle & Aunty as a term of respect

or endearment.Thank you again for your very

kind words

Aloha

Braddah Duke