Cyril Pahinui

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Cyril Lani Pahinui (Waimānalo, Hawaii, April 21, 1950 - November 17, 2018) was a Hawaiian slack-key guitarist and singer. Slack-key guitar is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. Its name refers to its characteristic open tunings: the English term is a translation of the Hawaiian kī hōʻalu, which means "loosen the tuning key". Most slack-key tunings can be achieved by starting with a guitar in standard tuning and detuning or "slacking" one or more of the strings until the six strings form a single chord, frequently G major. Cyril was born in Waimānalo at the foot of the Ko'olau mountains on the Hawai'ian Island of Oahu. He is the son of legendary Hawaiian guitarist (and Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame inductee) Gabby Pahinui. He has contributed to more than 35 Hawaiian musical releases and three Grammy Award-winning compilations of Hawaiian music. His 1994 album 6 & 12 String Slack Key won the Nā Hōkū Hanohano award for Instrumental Album of the Year and contains "No Ke Ano Ahiahi", perhaps the greatest 12-string kī hō'alu (slack key) and vocal recording ever made. His 2007 album He'eia won the Nā Hōkū Hanohano award for Island Music Album of the Year. In 2013, Cyril received a fellowship from the Native Arts & Culture Foundation to produce Let's Play Music! Slack Key with Cyril Pahinui & Friends, a program of traditional Hawaiian music developed for PBS Hawaii.[1] In 2014, he received a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award for perpetuating the

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Four Hands Sweet & Hot

6 & 12 String Slack Key

He'eia

6 & 12 String Slack Key Guitar

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Night Moon (Po Mahina)

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Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters, Vol. 2

Night Moon - Pō Mahina

Cyril Pahinui

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Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters, Vol. 1

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Songs of Aloha (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters

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Petrol Presents The Greatest Songs Ever: Hawaii

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