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 […]
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Story Behind the Song | Hawaiian Wedding Song | by Ukulele Mele - lanikai-beach.net
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the Hawaiian Wedding Song. 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 […]
Blue Hawaiian Moonlight Hawaiian Song Ukulele - lanikai-beach.net
#lockdownluau #hawaiianmusic #ukulelesong Playing the classic Hawaiian song “Blue Hawaiian Moonlight” during Instagram Live Stream UN-Lockdown Luau show #81 back on 11/21/21 with my Romero Creations Signature tenor ukulele.
1st Thursdays – Music – Two Haoles Sing Beautiful Hawaiian Song - lanikai-beach.net
1st Thursdays – Music – Two Haoles Sing A Beautiful Hawaiian Song. Bass voice has a treble ukelele and treble voice has a bass ukelele.
Story Behind the Song | Hawaiian War Chant | by Ukulele Mele - lanikai-beach.net
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the Hawaiian song Hawaiian War Chant. The original song titled “Kaua I Ka Huahuai or We Two in the Spray” was written in the 1860s and describes two palace lovers who met in secret. In 1936, composer Johnny Noble borrowed the melody, left the original Hawaiian […]
For You A Lei Hawaiian Song Ukulele - lanikai-beach.net
#lockdownluau #hawaiianmusic #ukulelesongs Playing the vintage Hawaiian classic song “For You A Lei” during Instagram Live Stream UN-Lockdown Luau show #94 on 3/20/22 with my Romero Creations Signature tenor ukulele.
Story Behind the Song | Hawaii Aloha | by Ukulele Mele - lanikai-beach.net
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the song Hawaii Aloha, written by a missionary in the 1800s at the request of a Hawaiian king. This traditional Hawaiian song in the Hawaiian language is a love song about the state of Hawaii. Today, the song is typically sung at the end of a […]
Story Behind the Song | Hanohano Hanalei | by Ukulele Mele - lanikai-beach.net
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the traditional Hawaiian song Hanohano Hanalei. The song was written in the 1920s by a popular Kauai musician and politician in honor of Hanalei Valley. NOTE: Monthly Online Lessons by subscription are no longer available from Mele’s website UkuleleMeleOnMaui.com. Instead, you can learn to play the […]
Story Behind the Song | Hawaii Calls | by Ukulele Mele - lanikai-beach.net
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the hapa haole song (Hawaiian style music with English lyrics) Hawaii Calls. The song was broadcast over the radio airwaves on the on the program of the same name from the beach at Waikiki and for many listeners on the U.S. mainland was the first time […]
Story Behind the Song | Aloha ‘Oe | by Ukulele Mele - lanikai-beach.net
Mele Fong aka Ukulele Mele tells the story behind the traditional Hawaiian song Aloha ‘Oe. The song tells of two lovers bidding farewell in a fond embrace and is the most famous composition by Hawai’i’s last monarch Queen Lili’uokalani. NOTE: Monthly Online Lessons by subscription are no longer available from Mele’s website UkuleleMeleOnMaui.com. Instead, you […]
