Rhinegold The Music of Hawaii - Roots and Influences (Hardback)

• The music of Hawaii is surely among the most evocative in the world
• Using 20 songs presented as sheet music and original audio, this highly original book explores the roots of Hawaii's musical culture as well as its far-reaching influences
• The story of how a few tiny Pacific islands blazed a musical trail across the American mainland and beyond is a uniquely fascinating one
• Hawaii gave the world the slide Guitar and the Ukulele, not to mention some players of quite dazzling virtuosity
• Far from peddling the dreamy mood music of popular perception, the best Hawaiian musicians soon fused their traditional stylings with with jazz, blues, mainstream and country music genres
• The compliment was returned and - from blues and vaudeville to the Nashville sound and the dance band era - Hawaiian music left its indelible mark on the World's popular music
• Presented in melody line, lyrics and chords format, with Guitar and Ukulele chord boxes

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