Featuring Pomaika'i Loo and Master Slack Key Guitarist Ron Loo,
13 Hawaiian songs, (two new slack key compositions),
exciting slack key guitar and vocal harmonies.
(words and translations included)
LEARN TO PLAY HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR (KI HO'ALU)
FROM
KUMU RON LOO
INSTRUCTIONAL PRODUCTS:
Kumu (Master Teacher) Ron Loo has designed this 3-level set of instructional materials especially for the Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced student of slack key guitar. The materials covered include; how to read musical notation (tablature); fingering tips and techniques, tunings, chords; and staff-by-staff instruction (1/2 speed K-1, 3/4 speed KH-2) for his own arrangements of 7 beautiful Hawaiian songs. Each set includes a spiral bound book of step-by-step instruction and corresponding instructional CD's. (Click on each title for song lists.)
Kahalu'u Slack (CD) Includes soulful vocal and slack key songs
arranged and performed by Ron Loo accompanied by local island artists,
as well as two new original compostitions by Ron.
** Words and Translations are included for the Hawaiian vocals.
***To request PAYPAL purchase button for any other purchase combination(s) or destinations not listed above, please contact us and we will be glad to accomodate your request.
For USPS mail orders: Send check or money order to :
To request services, private lessons, or a performance:contact us at:
"ronloo@hotmail.com"
or
Ph: (808) 239-4281
BIOGRAPHY
Ronald J. K. Loo, a respected Slack Key guitarist and teacher, has won the Excellence in Teaching Award at Windward Community College in Hawaii, (where he provides instruction in Philosophy and Slack Key) and Kamehameha Schools (where he taught Slack Key). He is recognized as a Master Folk Artist of Slack Key by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA). He has lectured for Lama Ku (at University of Hawaii), and for Kamehameha Schools' Hawaiian Lecture Series, performed at the Hawaiian Slack Key Festival and Masters of Slack Key Concert, and recorded three albums "Pomaika'i", "Kahalu'u Slack", and "Back To Back". He is the author of three Slack Key Instructional books, "He Kalana Kakau Ki Ho'alu". In addition, he performs throughout the island with his own musical group, "Pila Nahenahe." His teachers include: John Almeida, Alice Namakelua, Sonny Chillingworth, and Gabby Pahinui.
"BACK TO BACK"
Kahalu'u Slack (CD)
