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Slack-key guitar (from Hawaiian kī hōʻalu, which means "loosen the [tuning] key") is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. This style of guitar playing, which has been used for centuries, involves altering the standard tuning on a guitar from E-A-D-G-B-E, so that strumming across the open strings will then sound a ...
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Leonard Keala Kwan Sr (1931–2000) was one of the most influential Hawaiian slack-key guitarists to emerge in the period immediately preceding the Hawaiian Cultural Renaissance of the 1970s. He made the first LP of slack key instrumentals, co-wrote the second slack key instruction book, and composed a number of pieces that have become part of ...
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Raymond Kaleoalohapoinaʻoleohelemanu [a] Kāne [1] (/ ˈ k ɑː n eɪ /, Hawaiian:; October 2, 1925 – February 27, 2008), [2] was one of Hawaii's acknowledged masters of the slack-key guitar. Born in Koloa , Kauaʻi , he grew up in Nanakuli on Oʻahu 's Waiʻanae Coast where his stepfather worked as a fisherman.
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar is an album released in 2010. It won a Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album . [ 1 ] It reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart.
Power Tab Editor is a freeware tablature authoring tool created by Brad Larsen for Windows. It is used to create guitar, bass and ukulele tablature scores, among many others. The current version uses the *.ptb file format. The Power Tab Editor is able to import MIDI tracks, and can export to ASCII Text, HTML, and MIDI formats.
In 2006, the Archive removed all 34,000 tablatures on the site. [5] A note posted on the site indicated that those running the site had received "a 'take down' letter from lawyers representing the National Music Publishers Association and the Music Publishers Association", according to the linked letter on the front page. [6]