Pohakuloa in various Hz (432 Hz)

"Pohakuloa" by Moses Kahumoku from Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters: Instrumental Collection, Vol. 1 (23 may 1995). Hawaiian slack-key guitar began evolving in the 1830s, when Spanish and Mexican cowboys brought guitars to the cattle ranches of the Big Island. It became a recognizable style around the turn of the century. The term refers to the practice of slacking some strings from standard tunings to create open tunings; the thumb provides the bass line while the other fingers play melody and improvise. It might thus remind some listeners of the fingerpicking of a country master like Doc Watson, but the style has a wind-blown, wide-open quality all its own. --John Morthland