Learn Slack Key Guitar from Makana at www.Patreon.com/MakanaMusic "Blue Water Dolphin Song" composed by Keola Beamer is one of my all-time favorite slack key songs. Make that one of my all-time favorite songs, period. When I first heard it years ago, I let it play on repeat for a week! Keola recorded it on multiple guitars and his version is enchanting. Here I have arranged it for a single slack key guitar. Aloha! Makana | Makana Music

Let’s Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui & Friends celebrates the music and legacy of Gabby “Pops” Pahinui who spread the unique melodies and rhythms of Hawaiian music across the globe. Through his mastery of ‘ukulele, kī hōʻalu (slack key), or guitar, this virtuoso continues to influence generations of musicians who fondly reminisce of many impromptu backyard jam sessions at the Pahinui home. Watch the full video now on www.oiwi.tv! | ʻŌiwi TV

🌿🎸 Kawika Kahiapo — “East Side Slack Key” (@hisessions HI*Sessions Acoustic Live) HI*Sessions turns off the vocal mic and lets Kawika Kahiapo do what he does best: pure kī hōʻalu. “East Side Slack Key,” first released on his 1996 debut solo album Alana, is a laid-back instrumental built on a steady, rolling thumb pulse and singing treble lines that feel like a slow drive along the windward side. It is all touch and tone—nothing rushed, every note given time to ring. Kawika is one of the key sl