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DON HO MY MUSIC MY LIFE

Our Price: $31.00

#B425

Don Ho and Jerry Hopkins - 10" x 10" - 176 pages - color photos - Hardcover

In the spring of 2007, legendary Hawaiian entertainer Don Ho sat down with veteran music biographer Jerry Hopkins for a series of interviews meant to complete his memoirs...a project he'd put off doing for years. These interviews turned out to be the final ones of his life. Don passed away in April 2007.

This unique autobiography chronicling Donald Tai Loy Ho's life is a "modern Hawaiian quilt" of memories. The ambassador of aloha, Ho embodied the laid-back tropical lifestyle worldwide through his recordings and appearances both on television and in concert, and along the way became Hawai`i's best-known and most beloved personality of all time.

There are hundreds of images including album covers, memorabilia items and photographs from personal collections. Stories told in Don's own words, augmented by stories from family, friends and peers. Inside stories from his "small-kid" time, backstage at the shows, through his cutting edge stem-cell heart treatment and touching narratives about his funeral.

NA MELE HULA BOOK & CD

Our Price: $27.00

#B010

A Collection of Hawaiian Hula Chants

Nona Beamer - 8-1/2" x 11" - 86 pages - black & white illustrations - Softcover - CD

33 of Hawaii's best loved classic hula chants with English translations, background, and musical notation are presented by noted chanter, dancer, and educator Nona Beamer. Aia La O Pele, Kilauea, Kawika, Anapau, Ula Noweo, He Inoa No Lili'u, Hanohano Pihanakalani, E Pele, H'opuka E Ka La, etc.

NA MELE WELO BOOK

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#B192

Translated by Mary K. Pukui - 6" x 9" - 238 pages - black & white photos - Softcover

A selection of more than 80 traditional Hawaiian mele and oli (songs and chants) as collected from chant and hula masters during the 1920s. Included are meles of prayer, various ali'i, Pele, love, battle, hula, beautiful places, foreign influences, etc. Each is presented in its original Hawaiian language text with English translations and annotation.

NA MELE HULA O HAWAII NEI BOOK

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#B009

S. Elbert - 6" x 9" - 110 pages - Softcover

101 well-known post-missionary songs written between 1850 and 1968. Includes lyrics, English translations, information on composers, meanings, and hidden symbolism. Includes Hi'ilawe, Alekoki, Aloha Oe, Ahulili, Hanohano Hanalei, Hawaii Ponoi, Hula O Makee, Hi'ilawe, Holoholo Ka'a, Hula o Makee, Ku'u Lei, Na Ali'i, Tutu, Hilo March, Hawaiian Rough Riders, Na ka Pueo, Palisa, Queen's Prayer, Royal Hawaiain Hotel, etc. and 12 Christmas Songs: Kana Kaloka (Santa Claus), Po La'i E (Silent Night), Mele Kalikimaka Ia Kakou (Merry Christmas for Us), Kani na Pele (Jingle Bells), He Po La'ela'e (It Came Upon the Midnight Clear), etc.

HOW TO MAKE HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENTS BOOK

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#B296

Jim Widess - 8-1/2" x 11" - 80 pages - color photos & illustrations - Softcover

Hawai'i has a rich musical heritage that is carried on in the rhythmic beat of the ipu and resonant pounding of pahu drums at hula performances throughout the Islands. While many of the musical instruments that accompany hula today can be traced back to early Polynesian roots, others-including the ipu heke (gourd drum), ipu hokiokio (gourd nose flute) and '�liuli rattle-are considered to be uniquely Hawaiian, found nowhere else in the world. Here the manufacturing processes of eighteen traditional Hawaiian musical instruments are documented with carefully researched instructions and step-by-step photographs in an easy-to-follow craft guide. Includes: ipu, ipu heke, uli uli, puili, ili ili, kala'au, puniu drum and ka, pahu drum, ulili, ohe ka'eke'eke, papa hehi, ukeke, oeoe, nose flutes, and conch shell trumpet.

HE MELE ALOHA - A HAWAIIAN SONGBOOK

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#B333

C Wilcox, K Hussey, V Hollinger & P Nogelmeier - 8-1/2 " x11" - 290 pages - Softcover

"He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook" is a collection of over 260 songs, listed alphabetically, about 40 of which are hapa-haole songs. It is intended to encourage the tradition of kanikapila. The emphasis is on accurate Hawaiian lyrics and translation. Simple chording and fingering for the ukulele is shown for each song. The lyrics are large for easy reading. It is in a workbook format, with ring binding, large print and room to make notes.

COMPLETE HAWAIIAN MUSIC COLLECTION BOOK

Our Price: $20.00

#B250

9" x 12" - 164 pages - Softcover

70 classic Hawaiian songs with full musical notation for piano, chord names and guitar diagrams, lyrics, and some translations. Alekoki, Aloha Oe, Hawaii Ponoi, Hawaiian War Chant, Hilo, Kaala, Kuu Ipo, Kalua, Maori Brown Eyes, Pagan Love Song, Tomi! Tomi!, Waipio, Paahana, Kuu Lei Pikaki, Heeia, Kokohi, Lei Aloha, Sweet Leilani, Kalamaula, etc.

UKULELE SONG BOOK

Our Price: $11.00

#B233

Ron Middlebrook - 9" x 12" - 72 pages - black & white illustrations - Softcover

50 popular songs arranged for easy playing with 2-8 chords, plus popular strumming patterns and 3 ways to tune your ukulele. Includes Aloha Oe, Haole Hula, Rock of Ages, Beautiful Kahana, Maui Girl, Silent Night, Yankee Doodle, Amazing Grace, Jingle Bells, Na Lei O Hawaii, What Aloha Means.

HOW TO PLAY THE IPU BOOK

Our Price: $19.00

#B024

Anne Blankenship - 9" x 11" - 20 pages - Softcover

An introduction to Hawaiian rhythms and methods of playing the ipu. Holding and playing the drum, various ancient and modern rhythms, coordinating hula steps, selecting, caring for, and repairing drums

HOW TO PLAY THE IPU HEKE BOOK

Our Price: $19.00

#B025

Anne Blankenship - 9" x 11" - 20 pages - Softcover

An introduction to Hawaiian rhythms and methods of playing the ipu heke (double gourd drum). Holding and playing the drum, various ancient and modern rhythms, coordinating hula steps, selecting, caring for, and repairing drums.