My Fall Semester Music Classes at Maui College

by | May 18, 2016 | Uncategorized

Registration is open now for the Fall semester at Maui college. Classes run from the end of August to early December. I am teaching several music classes and anyone can register. Here’s a summary. Contact me for more details joelkatz@hawaii.edu 280-0722 Beginning...

Akaka falls

by | Mar 20, 2016 | Uncategorized

This is a beautiful song. I hope you like this arrangement. Note the time signature and High G tuning. I don’t think I used the first string so those of you in standard C6 can ignore the top line of the tab. Akaka Falls Full lyrics 3. Think of it in 3/4 or 6/8....

Sand for C6 tuning Lap Steel. Modified for D11 tuning

by | Feb 23, 2016 | Uncategorized

This is a work on progress. Please try it out and let me know what you think. I’ll make a video demo once it’s done. This is similar to what I played on my first CD, Probably better because I was really a beginner then. I adapted my standard C6 tuning with...

My Yellow Ginger Lei C6 High G Lap Steel

by | Jan 26, 2016 | Lessons

My Yellow Ginger Lei 6 hi G rev 3 Here is my revised version of My Yellow Ginger Lei. This is a beginner chart for a simple introduction to Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Note my High G Tuning. If you use standard C6 you could just shift all notes over one string. Email me if...