Post #196832 by professahhummingflowah on Mon, Nov 7, 2005 11:04 AM

How about the solo slack-key guitar version by Japanese musician Yuki "Alani" Yamauchi? I met Mr. Yamauchi at a party this summer in Hawaii Kai, following a guest appearance he made at Led Ka'apana's kiho'alu slack-key guitar workshop down at the Sheraton. His arrangement of Quiet Village is in G and he does his best to make birdcalls while he plays. The great thing about slack-key, to me, is the intricacy of the lines and voice-leading; Yamauchi was able to weave some nice countermelodies between the ever-so-famous bass line and the melody. All this while Yamauchi held a beer between his knees and I was drinking one too. I happened to have a WAITIKI DVD handy and gave it to him - hopefully we'll cross paths again one day soon. Ah, the brotherhood of tiki.....