Mele Fong teaches how to play the Hawaiian Wedding Song. Learn how to form on-base ukulele chords in the key of G with 9-chords, and how to strum the unique Morse Code Strum. See images of the ukulele chords on the video as you watch close-up views of Mele’s fingers forming and changing chords while strumming and listen to Mele singing the song as you play along. PDF song sheets available upon request.
If you want to skip the ukulele lesson and jump to listening and/or playing along to the song, click on the timestamp for “watch a close-up of Mele’s hands as you play along.”
Timestamp:
Learn the strum
Learn the chords: 1:05
Watch a close-up of Mele’s hands as you play along: 3:30
Originally titled “Ke Kali Nei Au” (Waiting For Thee) Charles E. King composed the song with lyrics in Hawaiian in 1926 for his operetta Prince of Hawaii. In 1958, Al Hoffman and Dick Manning translated the original Hawaiian words into English, christening the song as the “Hawaiian Wedding Song.”
LEARN THE STORY behind this traditional Hawaiian song in the video titled Story Behind the Song | Hawaiian Wedding Song | by Ukulele Mele – https://youtu.be/4m8DhO8wJRI
RELATED VIDEO – for music and related story
Hawaiian Wedding Song (Short Version) – https://youtu.be/BAYQZenlV7E
RELATED VIDEO – for music and related story (long version)
Hawaiian Wedding Song (Our Hawaiian style wedding in Maryland) – https://youtu.be/RPhRtxxUv_Y
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Native Hawaiian Mele Fong from Maui is an experienced educator and professional entertainer with over 50 years experience playing the ‘ukulele – Hawaii’s official instrument. Are UKE having fun yet? Watch. Listen. Play. The Ukulele Mele Way!
