Papalina Lahilahi - Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar

This classic hula is one I've played for Lynn many times, it's a lovely dance and a charming story of cheeks dainty and damp. This instrumental version was improvised to celebrate a few moments of sunlight appearing between rainstorms. The guitar is tuned to taropatch F, open G tuning down one whole step: from low to high C F C F A C

I'm playing this tune on a Composite Acoustics OX Raw guitar. This guitar is made by a relatively young comparny in Lafayette, LA. I'm really enjoying this instrument. It's responsive, well made, very comfortable, sounds sweet and musical, and saves a lot of worry over temperature and humidity problems.

The video was shot with a Sanyo Xacti HD2000 for the primary and a Panasonic Lumix ZS3 for the secondary. I made some errors in my settings on the Xacti, and caught the light and exposure wrong, but I had to grab the few moments of sunlight because there haven't been many around here lately.

I recorded the audio on a Zoom H2 and processed for EQ and volume adjustments in Adobe Audition. Video editing and rendering in Premier Elements 7.

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• guidry
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• sanyo
• xacti
• hd2000
• panasonic
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[DrumsongHank]

Well, I've watched and listened again and likely will again. So very nice! Thanks.

[franguidry]

@DrumsongHank Thank you, Hank.

Fran

[djfunked]

Lovely

[franguidry]

@djfunked Thanks dj.

Fran

[woland99]

Nice! I just got Composite Acoustic GXi and I am working on slack key pieces - what strings do you use?

[franguidry]

@woland99 Thanks. I use Elixir mediums, with the 1st and 6th string up one gauge, so the 1st string is a 14 and the 6th is a .059. This guitar is tuned to taropatch F (C F C F A C low to high), a whole step down from taropatch G, so I use the heavier strings to keep the tension about the same.

Fran

[DrumsongHank]

Very sweet. Thank you.

[CKFreestyleFootball]

I'm definately buying the Zoom H2 Because of the sound you are making!

Thanks!

[olu143]

@franguidry Thank you sooo much Fran! Mahalo!

You are a HUGE part of that too!

Mahalo!

=)