Jeff Peterson demonstrates Slack Key Guitar jeffpetersonguitar.com

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  • Jeff Peterson shares some of his thoughts on slack key guitar at his family home on Maui.
    He demonstrates some of the common slack key techniques and plays his composition Haleakala. Please visit jeffpetersonguitar.com and jeffpetersonguitar
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  • @Celewen
    @Celewen 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I had always wondered what this style of guitar playing this was called. So glad to finally have a great explanation. What a great sound.

    • @juliusandcrew813
      @juliusandcrew813 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      u like him

    • @angelofmusic477
      @angelofmusic477 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you found out. It's interesting to know, you can import many picking style from standard tuning guitar to slack key tuning but not the other way around. Claw hammer and some banjo rolls can't harmonised well on standard tuning guitar.

  • @GuyFrets
    @GuyFrets 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Jeff Peterson is as articulate verbally as he is musically and that is saying a great deal. This is a wonderful video. Thanks!!!

  • @slydogmania
    @slydogmania 13 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just discovered this - I'm in awe of this guy. One man and a guitar, Totally inspiring. Everything a great musician should be, connected to the past and an accomplished master whilst driving this music forward in an original way. I'm fussy and play decent guitar myself but could listen to Jeff play for hours. Only wish I could turn back the clock and try mastering this style. One day this music will catch on big-time. Jeff Peterson, I salute you - aroha from a big fan in New Zealand, Play on man

  • @KaraboSelaolo
    @KaraboSelaolo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This guy is amazing. Talk about technique and precision . . .

  • @fancyguitarcapos7829
    @fancyguitarcapos7829 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a Fabulous & educational video you uploaded here. Island girl here, now living in San Francisco and just picked up the guitar. This is so beautifully put together! Thank you!

  • @axleblaze123
    @axleblaze123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Greetings from Ireland. Reminds me of the triditional Celtic music style.

  • @JohnDoe-ki6fm
    @JohnDoe-ki6fm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought I recognized the face from the AMP concert poster. Came here to make sure. You are going to be in my home town doing a concert on March 14th. I hope I will be able to make it. I very much appreciate your laid back, relaxed introduction to Hawai'ian slack key guitar in this video. Beautiful!

  • @okcpicker
    @okcpicker 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So cool. We just finished a video about the Paniolos for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Jeff's comment about the Paniolos & their guitars was interesting. Beautiful technique. Mahalo!

  • @maccallumpr
    @maccallumpr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jim Kimo West brought me here. Thank you,Jeff. So...beautiful.

  • @JohnDoe-ki6fm
    @JohnDoe-ki6fm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful! Glad to learn a little more about slack key! That must bring you a lot of joy! ;)

  • @lawrenceklein1331
    @lawrenceklein1331 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow! I am blown away! Jeff Peterson has a new fan! I've never heard anything like this before! His attitude, skill, and style are outstanding! Definitely world- class!

  • @chiefhalftown
    @chiefhalftown 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    WOW! Jeff calls this a demonstartion but it teaches more about the fundamentals of Hawaiian slack key than most other so-called instructional videos. I'll be coming back to this often. Thanks!

  • @rpelleti
    @rpelleti 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. I really love listening to Jeff's performance. I never knew this existed until now. Great video!

  • @cindyjean3208
    @cindyjean3208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful beautiful! Love this music... informative video and very enjoyable to watch... thanks for sharing your story!!! You play so passionately 💕

  • @happyweasel422
    @happyweasel422 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a beautiful style of guitar and I love it. Please do some lessons on slack key pieces! Continue with what your doing! It's great! God bless!

  • @dweirdkine2009
    @dweirdkine2009 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    beautiful demonstration.

  • @angelofmusic477
    @angelofmusic477 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been playing the standard Spanish guitar tuning for decades until , I started going into the the claw hammer and banjo rolls that I have to tune the guitar to slack key to play that style. Didn't know slack key tuning can play lots of other stuff that standard Guitar tuning can't. Cheers to slack key tuning.

  • @MrAoki777
    @MrAoki777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jeff is a very accomplished Slack-Key player! He seems to have some classical influence also.

  • @MichaelTanenbaum
    @MichaelTanenbaum 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautifully rendered Jeff from beginning to end. Deeply considered and generous in spirit. Mahalo nui loa for sharing this heavenly musical tradition with us.

  • @mrkneel5760
    @mrkneel5760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Much love from the Big Island! Thanks for the lesson

  • @oommggdude
    @oommggdude 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Who in their right mind decided EADGBE for tuning.... now THIS is what a guitar needs to be tuned in!

    • @jeremiahpeer5507
      @jeremiahpeer5507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      to be fair the standard tuning is an incredibly useful tuning that is very easy to play in

  • @kathleenwarshawsky589
    @kathleenwarshawsky589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful and lush--a real breath of fresh air. I believe I've heard some of Jeff's music on the New Age music channel (DirecTV).

  • @Jollynoose
    @Jollynoose 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    nice video and i love the way you handle that 6 string, i am from Tennessee and play guitar too but have always used the traditional tuning, now i want to explore slack key style

  • @happyweasel422
    @happyweasel422 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:35 is my favorite part! Song is beautiful!

  • @broad100
    @broad100 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your style of playing and appreciate you posting this video. I learned a lot!

  • @relaxbass
    @relaxbass 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you! Very informative, beautiful and making me hope for more.

  • @molokinirum
    @molokinirum 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aloha!!
    Maui no ka oi!!!
    Great playing, I am starting to learn slack key. Still learning ukulele.

  • @davidlopez-white3185
    @davidlopez-white3185 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jeff this is a great video and fantastic playing, thanks!

  • @vgrof2315
    @vgrof2315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks from Oahu. Bravo!

  • @inyobill
    @inyobill 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really, really nice cuz Jeff. That right there is a tasty presentation, thanks too much.

  • @MrAoki777
    @MrAoki777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I play Hawaiian Slack Key guitar also. Jeff is from Maui. I'm from the Big Island. Slack Key originated on the Big Island. The "Roots" of Hawaiian Slack Key guitar are from the Big Island. Jeff does have some essence of the original roots style, yet it is highly stylized. "Roots' Slack Key players like Alice Namakelua, Fred Punahoa, Ledward Kaapana play the more simple, soulful style that originated here on the Island of Hawaii. Ledward, in my opinion, is the last living legendary "Roots" player of true, pure, unadulterated, Hawaiian Slack Key. I've known Ledward for over 40 years, and he influenced me to play somewhat like him, though I developed my own unique style-sometimes based on the rythmns of an "Ipu", a percussive gourd that players of it accompany hula dancers.

    • @tommythompsonsurfer
      @tommythompsonsurfer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      OLAMANA...1975..WAIKIKI!!! SO VERY SPECIAL.......classic first album.....KAHALUI........DRUG PROBLEM CAME TO HAWAII IN 1978............MANY DID NOT SURVIVE! LOVE MY OHANA &KULIANA!

    • @RheaBorja
      @RheaBorja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Music isn't a competition. Both Jeff and Led have something to contribute to slack key. One way of playing is not "better" than the other. In fact, Led and Jeff play together at times. As Jeff said in the video, "It's very important to me as someone practicing a cultural tradition here in Hawaii to always have a connection to the past, to the kapuna, those who came before. Whenever I play or do an arrangement of a song, I keep in mind where the music came from before me. As long as you have that connection with the kapuna, music can move forward in a way that's still culturally rooted."

  • @clarajays
    @clarajays 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's so beautiful. I need to try

  • @link3775
    @link3775 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful none the less, i play the bass and can relate to using different turnings for an opener sound, granted an octave lower.

  • @motimenow
    @motimenow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mahalo Jeff, awesome Braddah.

  • @datastorageable
    @datastorageable 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the very best things I've ever seen on youtube.

  • @CASHXRAT
    @CASHXRAT 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds a lot like Empty Calm by The Number 12 Looks Like You.
    Don't know how to categorize the band, some mixture of jazz, avant-garde, and death metal. But that particular song is for sure some kind of variation on Slack Key.

  • @brunopinheiro4041
    @brunopinheiro4041 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great talent! Awesome story in the beginning too!

  • @david52875
    @david52875 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basically, what tuning you use should depend on what you're playing.

  • @benjamindorothy5667
    @benjamindorothy5667 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful! Reminds me a lot of American Primitive Guitar.

  • @PAA1992
    @PAA1992 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, I do I wasn't sure if that's what was really said, I didn't know that. I found it mildly entertaining because I didn't know it was a person's name that was my point. Although I wasn't trying to make a point because it was a question so quit trying to be rude.

  • @dennylovesguitar
    @dennylovesguitar 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Video!

  • @lawrenceglaser1530
    @lawrenceglaser1530 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely uplifting and educating! WELL DONE! ~;)

  • @juliusandcrew813
    @juliusandcrew813 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hes amazing

  • @frankkolton1780
    @frankkolton1780 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Slack key, that what the old blues player called tuning standard tuning down a half step. Even Hendrix and SRV called it slack tuning.

  • @ziodice6166
    @ziodice6166 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting. Very similar to Travis picking.

  • @TheLukeGrey
    @TheLukeGrey 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Happy birthday

  • @donwilkie
    @donwilkie 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    sweet lesson

  • @fr3ak1shh
    @fr3ak1shh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've found a new passion. :)

  • @dstu39
    @dstu39 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This fuckin guy....jams. Beautiful

  • @tupahutuokoneiswife3972
    @tupahutuokoneiswife3972 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much mahalo for your knowledge, actually motivated me to learn this art. Do we tune in 432? As far as history goes?

  • @tortoise2.04
    @tortoise2.04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy came to my school and blew my God dam mind. This is nothing compared to what he did at my school.

    • @moeb3325
      @moeb3325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tortoise 2.0 seeing him play live is life changing

    • @tortoise2.04
      @tortoise2.04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@moeb3325 what school are you from

  • @justsomeguy1074
    @justsomeguy1074 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always thought it was just open G tuning. I didn't know it originated in Hawaii!

  • @david52875
    @david52875 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I doesn't need to be, the pentatonic scale just lends itself well to blues and rock, which are both very popular forms of music, especially for the guitar.

  • @leacook8126
    @leacook8126 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always adore your music Jeff, it was an honor to share a table with you at the Hokus a few years back.. Truly a memorable occasion ~ Lea in Seattle www.dannycouchfanaddicts.com see you at the Slack Key Festival here in Nov

  • @2listening1
    @2listening1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now I want to see the part about the regional cuisine that was shown next originally, lol!

  • @romaneberle
    @romaneberle 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    beautiful, and very informative :-D

  • @vonhogan4625
    @vonhogan4625 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aloha Sir :-) Just wanted to ask a quick question. I was once "stranded" ;-) over in Hawaii for 3 years and over heard one of Your songs which I still have even now. The song I speak of now is called "Polipoli". I was wondering if You'd be so kind as to share the meaning of that particular word Please? Mahalo

  • @link3775
    @link3775 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    similar to a banjo, although less shrill, and the strum/ finger roll pattern on the guitar sound more pleasing, and less danceish and uppity like on the banjo.

  • @MuriMorello
    @MuriMorello 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    great music.

  • @wjc1952
    @wjc1952 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mahalo for sharing your mana`o and your music.
    Me ke aloha,
    Auntie Wanda

  • @KevinToine
    @KevinToine ปีที่แล้ว

    What makes Slack Key guitar so different than just open tuning fingerstyle guitar? I'm not hearing much difference but maybe I'm missing something.

  • @maryh6074
    @maryh6074 ปีที่แล้ว

    So what is the tuning for this style of playing? Did Jeff ever say it? I must have missed it.

  • @penikoroi7057
    @penikoroi7057 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @Amabri0909
    @Amabri0909 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What song is being played at 0:38? I'd love to purchase the sheet music!

  • @roopakvaidya1450
    @roopakvaidya1450 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So how do you tune a guitar in slack-key tuning? What are the notes?

  • @hotone23
    @hotone23 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jeff what tuning is this in..? taro?

  • @PAA1992
    @PAA1992 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:18 King Kamehameha?

  • @MrBarrynicholas
    @MrBarrynicholas 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never mentions the tuning he's playing in?

  • @TheLizardskin
    @TheLizardskin 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    search for Tião Carreiro e Pardinho videos on youtube, they played authentic Brazilian "Country" Music that is someway similar to this kind of guitar playing.

    • @LuckyMitzi
      @LuckyMitzi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only ingredient missing is the Aloha spirit.

  • @CruzWilson-jg5bu
    @CruzWilson-jg5bu 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ok so what are the strings tuned to?

  • @dingusdingus9899
    @dingusdingus9899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    if anyone knows the song at 7:35 lmk

  • @RaysTrack
    @RaysTrack 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    that's a beautiful Goodall

  • @lgregoryauthor
    @lgregoryauthor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jeff: What brand of guitar are you using in this video?

    • @andorrasrevenge1683
      @andorrasrevenge1683 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a Goodall, amazing builder that was in Hawaii.

  • @dottychesney974
    @dottychesney974 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    totally spiritual for me.

  • @oommggdude
    @oommggdude 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why does it need to be pentatonic?

  • @WaimanaloBlue
    @WaimanaloBlue 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gabby, Sonny, Atta, Ozzie, Jeff.

  • @DAKOTARAMOS
    @DAKOTARAMOS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So what's the tuning?

  • @reeser8
    @reeser8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who came here from Ukulele Corner? And how is @JeffPetersonGuitar looking exactly the same now as 13 years ago?

  • @david52875
    @david52875 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Standard tuning exists for a reason. It is pentatonic.

    • @blahdelablah
      @blahdelablah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can play pentatonic scales in open tunings as well, that's what a lot of blues slide players use. Standard tuning aims to make it easier to play across multiple keys, whereas open tunings can make one key easier than the rest.

  • @alohakikadude
    @alohakikadude 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are called 'Paniola', and somehow they use tge term -Paniolo.

  • @romaneberle
    @romaneberle 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think its D-G-d-g-b(h)-d'

  • @arianelcole
    @arianelcole 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    That sounds like "milonga pampeana"

  • @inyobill
    @inyobill 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yah, your point is? You do have a point?

  • @ahnadr
    @ahnadr 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes King Kamehameha 1st, the great.

  • @evildemonicsnowmen
    @evildemonicsnowmen 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kamehameha is the king who unified Hawai'i.

  • @Tonysparkz
    @Tonysparkz 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    hahaha

  • @ChillingCrowley
    @ChillingCrowley 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so nice, the harmonics sound fantastic. Really enjoyed this video.