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Mele Fong teaches how to play the traditional Hawaiian song Makalapua. Learn how to form on-base and off-base ukulele chords in the key of C with 9-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’s fingers forming […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the traditional Hawaiian song Makalapua. Composed by David Nape (year unknown), the song started as a chant honoring Queen Lili’uokalani, Hawai’i’s last reigning monarch. NOTE: Monthly Online Lessons by subscription are no longer available from Mele’s website UkuleleMeleOnMaui.com. Instead, you can learn to play the Ukulele […]
Mele Fong teaches how to play the hapa haole song Maui Girl. Learn how to form on-base and off-base ukulele chords in the key of F with 5-chords, and how to strum the unique Hum Ding-Ah Strum. See images of the ukulele chords on the video as you watch close-up views of Mele’s fingers forming […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the hapa haole song Maui Girl. Composed by Sylvester Thomas Kalama in 1892, the song talks about keeping love a secret and remains popular today. NOTE: Monthly Online Lessons by subscription are no longer available from Mele’s website UkuleleMeleOnMaui.com. Instead, you can learn to play the […]
Mele Fong teaches how to play the traditional Hawaiian song Kuu Pua I Paoakalani. Learn how to form on-base ukulele chords in the key of D with 6-chords, and how to strum the unique Pick in 4 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 traditional Hawaiian song Kuu Pua I Paoakalani. The song composed by Queen Liliuokalani during the nine months she was imprisoned at Iolani Palace after the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893 tells of the flowers that grew at Paoakalani, her home in Waikiki. NOTE: Monthly […]
Mele Fong teaches how to play the hapa haole song Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Learn how to form on-base ukulele chords in the key of D with 6-chords, and how to strum two unique waltz strums in ¾ time, the Thumb Strum Up Strum Up and the Chicken Pluck Pluck. See images of the […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the song Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Composed in 1910, the song became one of the largest selling songs in sheet music at the time. It was composed by Leo Friedman (1869-1927) of Illinois and lyricist Beth Slater Whitson (1879-1930) of Tennessee. NOTE: Monthly Online Lessons […]
Mele Fong teaches how to play the traditional Hawaiian song Kuuipo I Ka Hee Pue One. Learn how to form on-base ukulele chords in the key of C with 7-chords, and how to strum the unique Pick in 4 Strum and Latin Strum. See images of the ukulele chords on the video as you watch […]
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the traditional Hawaiian song Kuuipo I Ka Hee Pue One. The song composed by Princess Likelike in the late 1800s tells of her love, gentle as the sea gliding over the sand dunes, in her best-known composition. NOTE: Monthly Online Lessons by subscription are no longer […]