A Lesson With Billy Hew Len

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 24 Jun 2006 2:47 pm

Huge mahalo's to Hal, Keoki, Andy, Jeff and the SGF for these priceless gifts.

Andy, please hold off on pulling part 1 as I'm just about to archive it for myself.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Ron Whitfield on 24 June 2006 at 03:49 PM.]</p></FONT>

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 24 Jun 2006 6:08 pm

Thanks Jeff!

Question:

Hal says ..."And I think in the latter part, the Ab (sic) is lowered and and the E is also lowered to Eb to make a 9th tuning."

That doesn't make any sense to me. Seems that he meant to say in using the A6th tuning to get a 9th chord you lower the E string to D# (or Eb) to get the B11 tuning (but the A remains A natural, the dominant 7th of B).

Agreed?

Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 24 Jun 2006 7:00 pm

I agree Bill. I was confused on that one too, so I added that "sic" thing... whatever that means. Hehe.

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 24 Jun 2006 9:49 pm

Yah Jeff, you did a great job on that. I can just hear Billy talking as I read your transcript. I still have that old tape and often listen to it.
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Dan Sawyer · Post by **Dan Sawyer** » 25 Jun 2006 12:02 am

Thanks Andy and Jeff. There's nothing like hearing a great old master who's played so many years and the music is so natural and smooth.

Mitch Druckman · Post by **Mitch Druckman** » 19 Sep 2006 5:03 pm

I found myself thinking about these Billy Hew Len transcriptions and remembered...

quote:
Hal is interested in making this material freely available and I'm working with him on the best way to digitize it, release it, and make it available for just the costs involved. More info as this develops.

Has anything yet "developed"? I hope it's still in the works. I'm looking forward to hearing more.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 19 Sep 2006 5:06 pm

Yes indeed! More info in a new thread.