ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

ʻUkulele

Heluhelu tapulakua

ʻO nā laina ʻehā ka ʻehā kaula o ka ʻukulele, a ʻo ka helu ma luna o lākou ka piko. ʻAʻohe mea hou aʻe — a no laila e heluhelu ʻia ai ka tapulakua i loko o ʻelua minuke a ʻaʻole nā puke mele.

He aha ka manaʻo o nā helu

He kaula kēlā me kēia laina moe. Ma luna aia ke kaula kiʻekiʻe A, ma lalo ke kaula haʻahaʻa G — e like me kāu nānā ʻana i ka ʻāʻī me ka mea kani ma kou lima. ʻO ka mea e huikau hoʻokahi manawa, e hoʻokani hewa ʻo ia i nā mea a pau.

ʻO ka helu ma luna o kekahi laina ka piko āu e kaomi ai. ʻO ka 0 ke ʻano: kaula hāmama, mai kaomi i kekahi mea. ʻO ka x ke ʻano: hāmau kēia kaula, ʻaʻole i hoʻokani ʻia a i ʻole ua hāmau ʻia me ka manamana.

Hoʻokani ʻia nā helu ma lalo o kekahi — he kaulike ia. Hoʻokani kaʻina ʻia nā helu ma ka ʻaoʻao o kekahi — he leo mele a i ʻole he hiʻohiʻona kikoʻī ia.

Nā kaulike mua ma ke ʻano tapulakua

Ka mea a ka tapulakua e ʻōlelo ʻOLE ai

ʻElua mea ʻaʻole i loko, a nele maoli nā mea ʻelua.

Ke kani. Haʻi ka tapulakua i ka piko e kaomi ai, akā ʻaʻole i ka lōʻihi o ke kani. ʻO ka mea ʻike ʻole i ke mele, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokani mai ka tapulakua wale nō — hiki wale ke hoʻokani pū, inā ua lohe mua ʻo ia. No laila waiho kekahi mau tapulakua i nā kumu nota ma lalo o nā helu; ʻaʻole hana ka hapa nui ma ka pūnaewele.

Ka leo. Aia ma ka tapulakua ka »3«, ʻaʻole ka »G«. ʻO ka mea heluhelu i ka tapulakua wale nō, aʻo ʻo ia i nā paʻa akā ʻaʻole i ka ʻāʻī — a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻokani i ke mele like ma kekahi mea kani ʻē aʻe.

Tapulakua a i ʻole nā puke mele?

ʻO nā mea ʻelua pū ka pane, a pēlā nō e paʻi ʻia ai nā puke kīkā: ma luna nā nota me ke kani, ma lalo ka tapulakua me ka paʻa. Haʻi nā nota i ka mea e kani ana, haʻi ka tapulakua i kahi e kau ai nā manamana.

ʻO ka mea makemake e aʻo i kekahi wale nō, e hoʻomaka me ka tapulakua — lawe ia iā ia i ka hoʻokani ʻana i kēia lā. Akā he mau pule ka uku o ka heluhelu nota a wehe ia i nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau.

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.