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Mele Fong teaches how to play the hapa haole song Soft Green Seas. Learn how to form on-base and off-base ukulele chords in the key of D with 14-chords, and how to strum the unique I Wanna Rest Strum and Latin Strum. See images of the ukulele chords on the video as you watch close-up […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the hapa haole song Soft Green Seas. Published in 1934, the song was written by R. Alex Anderson, the most prolific composer in the hapa haole genre. Although Anderson never studied music and could not speak Hawaiian, he left behind a legacy of more than 200 […]
Mele Fong teaches how to play the Hawaiian song Papalina Lahilahi. Learn how to form on-base and off-base ukulele chords in the key of F modulating to G with 10-chords, and how to strum the unique Olapa Strum. See images of the ukulele chords on the video as you watch close-up views of Mele’s fingers […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the Hawaiian song Papalina Lahilahi. This traditional song tells of longing and lovemaking. Attributed to Alice Johnson, the song was often sung by Hawaiian music legend Genoa Keawe and today remains a favorite of hula dancers. NOTE: Monthly Online Lessons by subscription are no longer available […]
Mele Fong teaches how to play the hapa haole song My Little Grass Shack. Learn how to form on-base and off-base ukulele chords in the key of F with 11-chords, and how to strum the unique I Wanna Rest Strum. See images of the ukulele chords on the video as you watch close-up views of […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the hapa haole song My Little Grass Shack. Composed by Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison, and Johnny Noble in 1933, the song tells of a homesick Hawaiian wanting to return to Hawaii Island, where Hawaii’s state fish, the Humuhumunukunukuapuaa goes swimming by. The lyric “e komo mai […]
Mele Fong and her husband Richard Tom – The Hawaiian Serenaders – sing and play Meditation on ‘ukulele and u-bass over photos about the song by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Plus, Rich plays harmonica. #playuke #ukulelemusic Mele’s arrangement is in C with 14-chords using Bossa Nova Strum for ‘ukulele. “Meditation” is a bossa nova and jazz […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the Hawaiian song Na Alii. Composed by Samuel Kuahiwi in 1928, the song pays tribute to Hawaii’s departed chiefs. The song tells two famous sayings. The first saying is Kamehameha the Great’s Law of the Splintered Paddle that guaranteed safe passage for women, children, and the […]
Mele Fong teaches how to play the hapa haole song Ukulele Lady. Learn how to form on-base and off-base ukulele chords in the key of F with 10-chords, and how to strum the unique Swing Strum. See images of the ukulele chords on the video as you watch close-up views of Mele’s fingers forming and […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the hapa haole song Ukulele Lady. Published in 1925, the song was first made popular by American female singer and radio performer Vaughn De Leath (1894-1943) known for her crooning style of singing. The song was recorded by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, a popular dance band […]