

Well..... take a listen to this recorded clip.
Big Band music and other complex Jazz
Standards on your Lap Steel Guitar,
Mike Ihde and Bill Leavitt have found
the solution. The "Leavitt Tuning",
(from low to high) is C#,E,G,Bb,C, and D
It's definitely different and you'll be
amazed at all the altered 3 and 4 note
chords you can play. The really special
part of this tuning is that there are NO
SLANTS NEEDED to play all those
beautiful songs !
For those who think they have heard
everything........
Be prepared for a surprise.
If you are like me and are interested
enough to be able to learn to play this style...... the following is
available...............
The CD sampled here contains these ten tracks: Tenderly, Where or When, Someday My Prince Will Come, The Girl From Ipanema, Moonlight in Vermont, Blue Hawaii, Have You Met Miss Jones?, When You Wish Upon a Star, Satin Doll, and Misty.
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1. Medley: White Christmas- The Christmas Song |
1. Aloha Oe |
26. Makalapua O Kamakaeha |
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1A. I’ll Be Home For Christmas |
2. Song of Old Hawaii |
27. Wailana |
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2. Satin Doll |
3. To You Sweetheart Aloha |
28. The Hukilau Song |
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3. Misty |
4. Song of the Islands |
29. Harbor Lights |
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4. Stella By Starlight |
5. My Little Grass Shack |
30. Beneath Hawaiian Skies |
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5. Ghost of a Chance |
6. Sweet Leilani |
31. Pagan Love Song |
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6. I Don’t Know Why |
7.Kalua |
32. Aloha Tears |
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7. Out of Nowhere |
8. Hula Hula Hula |
33. Just Say Aloha |
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7A. Jazz chorus,Out of Nowhere |
9. South Sea Island Magic |
34. Indebted to You |
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8. Have You Met Miss Jones? |
10. Blue Hawaii |
35. Home Sick for the Islands |
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9. Tenderly |
11. When Hilo Hattie Does |
36. Fair Hawaii |
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10. It’s The Talk Of The Town |
The Hilo Hop |
37. Medley: Maori Brown Eyes- |
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11. Where Or When |
12. Sing Me A Song of the Islands |
South Seas Lullabies |
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12. Was I To Blame? |
13. Blue Shadows And White |
38. Tropic Memories |
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13. Moonlight in Vermont |
Gardenias |
39. I Wonder Where My Little Hula Girl Has Gone |
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14. Body And Soul |
14. Rainbow Over Paradise |
40. Hawaii, Across the Sea |
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15. The Girl From Ipanema |
15. Lovely Hula Hands |
41. Kailua |
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16. Someday My Prince Will Come |
16. Paradise Isle |
42. I’ve Gone Native |
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17. When You Wish Upon A Star |
17. Hawaiian Paradise |
43. Holoku Parade |
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18. Someone to Watch Over Me |
18. Lani Kai |
44. On The Beach At Waikiki |
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19. All I Ask (from the Phantom of the Opera) |
19. White Ginger Blossoms |
45. Ua Like No A Like |
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20. Medley: Ain’t She Sweet- Bye Bye Blackbird- The Charleston |
20. My Tane |
46. Malahine Mele |
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21. S’Wonderful |
21. Little Brown Gal |
47. When It’s Moonlight on the Blue Pacific |
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22. Moon River |
22. Beyond the Reef |
48. Hula Blues |
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23. Hula Lolo |
49. For You A Lei |
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24. Holiday in Hawaii |
50. Hawaiian Hospitality |
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25. That Old Hawaiian Moon |
51. Lovely Hula Girl |
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52. Keep Your Eyes On The Hands |
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53. Harbor of Dreams |
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