Deep in an ancient Hawaiian Forest

Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Here's a snapshot of work in progress - just did this today. This is a beautiful slack key tune from the soundtrack of the film "the Descendants" that features exquisite, perfectly chosen Hawaiian music. I did a little research, and this song was composed in (low to high) BF#DF#AD. I didn't think it quite worked on Weissenborn so I tried Dadd9 (low to high) DAEF#AD ... open D with the middle D raised one whole step.

This isn't close to a note-for-note rendition, just what I have so far for my interpretation of the melodies and harmonies - basically just a skeleton with some ideas for where to go. The themes are basically variations of Bm to E, C to Bm to E and C to D to E all with suspensions and upper intervals. I'm sure I'll play it differently every time - just a MIDI for now. Beautiful, evocative tune.

http://picosong.com/wPbDb/

Even though I'll suffer in the comparison, here's my inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6djaYISUFg

https://www.keepandshare.com/doc3/55695/deep-in-an-ancient-hawaiian-forrest-dadd9-pdf-321k?da=y
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David Matzenik · From: Cairns, on the Coral Sea

I jumped on that DVD, when our local video rental went out of business. $2. You play the tune with conviction. Nice work.
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