Collection of sheet music of Hawaiian songs.

More than 80 songs of the islands arranged with melody, lyrics and guitar chord diagrams. Includes: Lovely Hula Hands * Haole Hula * Malihini Mei * and more. Also includes photos and illustrated hula instructions.

Holehole bushi, folk songs of Japanese workers in Hawaii's plantations, describe the experiences of this particular group caught in the global movements of capital, empire, and labor during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this book author Franklin Odo situates over two hundred of these songs, in translation, in a hitherto largely unexplored historical context.

(Ukulele). Strum, sing and pick along with 32 hits from the great state that made the ukulele famous! Includes: Aloha Oe * Bali Ha'i * Beyond the Rainbow * Hanalei Moon * The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) * Ka-lu-a * Lovely Hula Girl * Mele Kalikimaka * One More Aloha * Our Love and Aloha * Pearly Shells * Sands of Waikiki * Sea Breeze * Tiny Bubbles * and more.

Here for the first time is a large collection of Hawaiian songs in an authoritative text with translation (music not included). The texts have never before been written consistently with the glottal stops (indicating syllabic breaks between vowels) and macrons (indicating long vowels and stresses) that make the words pronounceable by those unfamiliar with the Hawaiian language. Many of the songs have not been translated before or have only been freely adapted rather than translated. These 101 songs are all postmissionary and owe their musical origin to missionary hymns, although only a few are religious. None are technically chants, though some are chants that have been edited and set to music. They date from the mid-1850s (most are from the time of the monarchy) to 1968 (the date of Mary Kawena Pukui's translation of Christmas songs). Nearly all of these songs are sung today and are well known to Hawaiian singers. Included are love songs, and Christmas songs. There is an exhaustive introduction, which includes classification and arrangement of the songs; a note on the composers; and analysis of the structure, symbolism, and meanings of the songs; and a note on the translations and on the poetic vocabulary of the Hawaiian words.

This collection of fifty songs comes from the popular era of Hawaiian music in the first half of the twentieth century. These songs were written primarily by recognized writers and arranged by well-known Hawaiian musician Henry Allen with some original songs written by Allen himself. These songs tell of the beauty of each island and the overpowering bond between land and sea that is reflected in the joining of sun, moon and sky. Entertainers of all skill levels will find this selection of sheet music an invaluable source for the piano, guitar, 'ukulele, Hawaiian steel guitar, and voice. Some of the songs included are: Blue Hawaii Aloha from Hawaii Hula Heaven Na Lei O Hawaii Tiare, Lovely Flower Mele Kalimimaka Each song is written in the key of C and there are chord structures in the back for the 'ukulele and the piano. No other book contains such a wide selection of favorite Hawaiian songs that can be played by such a wide array of instruments. Regardless which instrument these songs sing through, the beauty of Hawaii's music is sure to resonate with all music-lovers.

Collection of sheet music of Hawaiian songs for ukulele.