Drop Baby Drop
Song Lessons
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14m
Widely known as one of the "Essentials" in "Local-kine" Hawaiian music, Drop Baby Drop by Mana'o Company is sure to be well received at any Kanikapila. The way that it is presented here is not how the recorded version is... this is more like the way I choose to play it. My hope is that you learn it the way I show it here, and then change it to a way that suits your personal style.
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