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  2. My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    "My Little Grass Shack" is a hapa haole song, "a hybrid genre that mixed American jazz and dance rhythms (swing and foxtrot), Hawaiian instrumentation (such as the steel guitar and ukulele), and lyrics in both English and Hawaiian" [12] (hapa haole means "half foreign" and is also used in a literal sense to mean "multiracial").

  3. Slack-key guitar - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. The Hukilau Song - Wikipedia

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    "The Hukilau Song" is a song written by Jack Owens in 1948 after attending a luau in Laie, Hawaii. [1] Covers ... Ukulele Magic; In popular culture

  5. Jake Shimabukuro - Wikipedia

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    Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976) is a ukulele virtuoso and composer from Hawaii [a] known for his fast and complex finger work. [2] His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. [3]

  6. Ernest Kaʻai - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Kaʻai (1881–1962) was considered by many to have been the [1] foremost ukulele authority of his time and is noted by some as being "Hawaii's Greatest Ukulele Player". Kaʻai, who was born in Honolulu , Hawaii , was said to have been the first musician to play a complete melody with chords.

  7. Hukilau - Wikipedia

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    Hukilau Beach, Lā'ie, Hawai'i A hukilau is a way of fishing invented by the ancient Hawaiians.The word comes from huki, meaning pull, and lau, meaning leaves.A large number of people, usually family and friends, would work together in casting the net from shore and then pulling it back.