ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Nā papa kaulike

I–V–vi–IV

Ia mau kaulike ʻehā — hāmama, hāpai, ʻaʻohe kaumaha — ka papa i kani nui loa e like me he »mele« ma mua o ka waiho ʻana o kekahi leo ma luna.

Nā ʻanuʻu
I–V–vi–IV
ʻAno
Nui
Nā ana
4
Ma ka C nui
C – G – Am – F

Ka papa ma ka C nui

Ma nā kī he ʻumikumamālua a pau

Nā ʻanuʻu like nō, i neʻe ʻia he ʻumikumamālua manawa. ʻO ka mea makemake e hoʻoneʻe i kekahi mele i kekahi kī ʻē aʻe, heluhelu ʻo ia i kona lālani ma ʻaneʻi.

IVviIV
C nuiCGAmF
G nuiGDEmC
D nuiDABmG
A nuiAEF#mD
E nuiEBC#mA
B nuiBF#G#mE
F nuiFCDmBb
Bb nuiBbFGmEb
Eb nuiEbBbCmAb
Ab nuiAbEbFmDb
Db nuiDbAbBbmGb
F# nuiF#C#D#mB

No ke aha e kani penei ai

ʻEkolu o nā ʻehā he mau ʻanuʻu nui: ka tonika, ka dominanta, ka subdominanta. ʻO ka ʻehā, ka ʻanuʻu ʻeono, ʻo ia ka liʻiliʻi e like me ka tonika a loaʻa iā ia ʻelua o kona mau leo ʻekolu. No laila ʻaʻole loa e haʻalele ka pōʻai i ke kī a hiki ke hana hou ʻia me ka pau ʻole a me ka luhi ʻole.

Ma hea e lohe ʻia ai

Nā papa pili

Na Anotona e hana i kēia nāu

E kiʻi i ke paʻi kiʻi o ka pepa mele a i ʻole e hoʻokani i ke mele — ʻike ʻo Anotona i ke kī, kākau i nā leo, a lawe iā lākou i kekahi kī ʻē aʻe. Manuahi.

E nānā iā Anotona

Ua helu ʻia kēlā me kēia leo ma kēia ʻaoʻao; ʻaʻole i kope ʻia mai kahi ʻē.