Slack Key - E Nihi Ka Hele

This video is dedicated to Lance McCollum. Lance was a talented luthier, builder of handmade guitars. He built the Grand Auditorium guitar used in this video. Lance passed away on February 1, 2009, at the age of 50, leaving three children and his wife.

"E Nihi Ka Hele" was written by King David Kalakaua for his queen on the occasion of her journey to England for Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebration. The song lyrics include a mention of Kaleponi, or California, as part of the wish for a safe journey.

Lance lived and worked in Colfax, CA, a town born to build the transcontinental railroad. Queen Kapiolani certainly passed through Colfax on her journey.

This video was recorded using a Flip Mino HD camera, with audio recorded separately on a Zoom H2 field recorder. The audio was edited in Adobe Audition and synched to the video using AVIDemux.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• slack key
• fran guidry
• mccollum
• acoustic music
• kaleponi
• slack
• key
• slack-key
• solo
• acoustic guitar
• acoustic
• fingerstyle
• hawaiian music
• hawaiian
• open tuning
• world music
• folk music

[gacochrane]

Hi Fran, I really enjoyed your video, love the song, and the sweet tone from that guitar. I'm just getting into Slack key. Any chance you can point me to tablature for that song? Once again, awesome job. Makes me want to drop what I'm doing and book a flight to the islands...

[franguidry]

@gacochrane Ordinarily I don't have tab for my pieces, but I did do a very very simplified version of this one. In fact, I also did a split screen video and posted here on my channel. Check for the newer version of "E Nihi Ka Hele" and you'll find the link for the tab in the description of that video.

Fran

[climbasky]

man! would love to play like that! beautiful!!

[franguidry]

@climbasky Thanks so much for your comment. Have you tried playing slack key? It really is the easiest style of guitar I've ever tried to play, and there are many beautiful Hawaiian songs that fit the style well.

Fran

[slackkeyohana]

これ大好き♪　綺麗なスラッキーですね(*^^)v

I like this. It is beautiful Slack Key.

Aloha & Mahalo

[franguidry]

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. I've enjoyed your videos as well.

Fran

[redbeardatxm]

Thank you

[burnthatguitar]

very nice!!!

[Lewsa2]

Definatly 5 stars Fran....very beautiful playing....could listen to you all day long!

[ScottAIIyn]

Fran, you're a joy to listen to on ANY guitar, but this one is just magical!