Aloha Friends! I hope you enjoy this lesson on the Randy Newman tune "You've got a Friend in Me. We're taking a bit of a different approach here as far as the format of the lessons go. I decided that I wanted to make our lessons a little more like how I teach my "Private Lessons" on Zoom. I feel...

Aloha Friends! I hope you enjoy this lesson on learning to transpose. I previously did a video explaining this process, but now that I have the set up to use the iPad, I felt it needed an update, perhaps a little clearer if nothing else.

Aloha Friends! Been a while since we ventured into the "Advanced" section. Here's a lesson on my approach to scales and melody mapping in general. The exercises are actually pretty simple, but as with most advanced lessons, the pickle is in the concept. You might want to brush up on the scale con...

Aloha Folks! Here is the 3rd and Final installment of Mokupuni Nui. Here we go over improvising using our positional Shapes. Keep in mind, that the actual execution of the system is not the "Advanced" part, but conceptualizing it and making it become second nature is ... Hope you enjoyed this lit...

Aloha Friends! Here's one you're going to want to have down. Written by our Queen Lili'uokalani, Aloha 'Oe is one of the most covered Hawaiian songs around. Story goes that she wrote this song on horseback while heading back to Honolulu from Maunawili. By the time she reached home she had already...

Aloha Friends! It's that time of year again where I bombard you with Christmas songs! Hope you like this one. I'm calling it Advanced because of the chords and how quickly we move through the lesson. It's a Chord/Melody tune so get your fingers ready! Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas has al...