Ku'u Kíkā Kahiko (My Old Guitar) by Ozzie Kotani | Hawaiian Classic Mēle

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In C6th Mauna Loa Tuning (C-G-E-G-A-E) tuned down one half step to sound in the key of B.

About the track and Ozzie:
Ozzie Kotani is one of the contemporary ki ho alu’s leading teachers and composers, preserving and expanding upon the Slack Key tradition learned from the masters with whom he studied, especially Sonny Chillingworth. His unique style, instantly recognizable to ki ho’alu aficionados, incorporates a wide variety of techniques and influences, including his distinctive four-finger picking, developed through years of experimentation.

Ozzie composed Ku’u Kika Kahiko in 1990 on the guitar the title refers to. “My sister had this old beach guitar,” he says. “It had a big chip in the back of the body and a big crack by the sound hole, but the sound was nice and deep. Earlier I’d played all steel string, but this nylon was not bad. Next thing you know, I was playing it quite a bit.”

Ku’u Kika Kahiko features Ozzie’s trademark alternating bass, which evokes the sound of an acoustic bass player. “A lot of my early compositions sounded more contemporary, “ Ozzie says, “but here I really try to center into the ki ho’alu sound and use some of the characteristic techniques.” Ozzie recorded this on his beloved old beach guitar, and the song’s end features two more of Ozzie’s musical signatures; beautiful rolling cascades and an altered chord progression.

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