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( from artist's site ) - Dreams can come true. For 21-year-old Kalei Gamiao, his newly released album, Kalei, has its roots in classes taught by some of the most extraordinary Hawaii musicians including Dreana Kane, Alfred Canopin, Gordon Mark, Byron Yasui, Benny Chong, and Kimo Hussey. Kalei has won numerous ukulele contests and is called to perform at different venues.To enhance his musical passion as performer, composer and arranger, Kalei is currently enrolled in the Mele Program at Honolulu Community College to get his degree in Music Business and Audio Engineering. Kalei’s dream of releasing a CD has become a reality in this album with a contemporary-classical flair.
(From Taimane's Profile) At just five years of age, Taimane was given ukulele and fell in love with the instrument. At six years of age, she was called a child prodigy and won her first ukulele competition competing against boys double her age. Taimane has won numerous ukulele competitions competing against experienced adult professionals.
(from artist's MySpace site) - Originally from the island of Manila, former Kauai boy, Aldrine Guerrero started his musical journey roughly 7 years ago.
(from artist's site) Mark "Spanky" Gutierrez was given a ‘ukulele by a friend that owns a local second hand guitar store in the spring of 2002. He had no idea how it would impact his life. It was a no name baritone and the intonation was way off beyond the fifth fret but he couldn’t put it down. Mark kept searching for a tune he couldn’t play on the little instrument but there always seemed to be a way to work it out.
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This book is for current and former guitar players discovering the ukulele for the first time or returning to the instrument.
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele. Or exploring the possibilities that the ukulele offer. Covers chords, scale and an introduction to reading standard music notation on ukulele.
The ukulele is both a different instrument than the guitar and at the same time a lot like the guitar.
Guitar players that also play the ukulele find that it gives them a different and fresh look at how they also approach the guitar.
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