Hawaiian Melodies Reference
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These lists are a gift to all who love to sing
Hawaiian songs. Most of our personal and published song-collections
include only text and chords, and all we need to launch into singing a
song is get the first few notes or the first musical phrase. All too often the
lament, "Eh, how does this song go...?" can dampen an otherwise enthusiastic
family kanikapila ("domestic music making") session.
This reference website exists solely to help keep alive our
kanikapila tradition.
This is a reference collection of incipits, that is, the first few
notes of a song. Because this is an incipit reference list, no current or
former copyrighted ownership is infringed upon, and none intended either. This
purely instructional list is a teaching reference, assembled
as a gift for those who love to kanikapila for their personal domestic/school use.
These webpages offer two means to recall a song:
1) Solfege Musicologists have long used "solfege" as
non-notational recalling device.
Solfege explanation.
2) Midi (.mid) Soundclips If your computer sound-card is configured
properly, you can listen to these. There are several types of
soundclips: a)
The I (incipit) first
few notes or musical phrase: b) The
M
(entire melody line) of the song
c) The
A
(song/accompaniment). Use of
any midi
accompaniment must not go beyond instructional home/school use.
Mondoy Music has some sheet music; d)
A
(MM piano accompaniment). Click here
to see a sample of sheet
music piano accompaniment.
The Hawaiian lyrics can
be found in the recently published
He Mele Aloha A Hawaiian Songbook (‘Oli‘Oli
Productions, LLC, Honolulu; 2003)
Please support the continued growth of Hawaiian music in our community by
purchasing composers' published song books and other song collections, as well
as recordings of Hawaiian music. Many
books may be out of print but available at public libraries; please
mälama these old and venerable books, and do return them.
These web pages are for home/school study purposes only. Karaoke-style
use of soundclips is kapu; legally forbidden. There is no claim of definitive rendition
of these songs, just approximations of current (sometimes former) usage - Different performers and
island locales and venues provide a variety of interpretations. This is an
on-going project that will take time to complete. Your suggestions, corrections and insights
(and historical data) may prove
helpful; do keep in touch.
Mahalo.
Please note that many of the individual
songs are still the copyrighted © property of song owners/publishers. Please contact
those song owners for legitimate recording permissions. I do not have a list of
song owners/publishers; sorry.
Go fetch your instruments and He Mele Aloha songbook and enjoy your
kanikapila!
Created Feb 2004 ©2004 Mondoy Music | Last updated:
08/11/2009
Songs
in ALPHABETICAL Order HMA He Mele Aloha (Wilcox,
Hussey, Hollinger & Nogelmeier; Honolulu, 2003)
TITLE
Ref pg ( & midi) Solfege Text/Music Authors;
year
Color Code: Incipit
||
Melody
|| Accompaniment
|| Accompaniment; MM arrangement
I
M A
A
On-line only; jump to: [A]
[B C E F G]
[Ha]
[Hi-I]
[Ka]
[Ke-Kuu]
[L-Ma] [Me-My]
[Na-O] [P] [Q R S ]
[T U W Y]
Press |
to play,
}
to stop.
Volume control: up / down arrowsHawai‘i Pono‘ï HMA 047 mmmmrr
Kaläkaua/Berger; 1874 Current;
A
Berger;
A
Ka Na‘i Aupuni HMA 093
dmrddrmff Anonymous A
Kaulana Nä Pua HMA
115 ddSMSLS Prendergast, Ellen Wright; 1893 A