Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or being a style of Hawaiian popular music played by fingerpicking an acoustic guitar that has been tuned to any of various open chords.
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Examples
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Hours of Arthur Lyman-style exotica and slack-key guitar music get lost in the background -- as with drinks, generously mix in music that will make the guests happy.
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Kai was leading some of his young cousins in a rousing, rather aggressive tune that sounded vaguely familiar, although Bonnie was sure she had never heard it played on ukulele and slack-key guitar before.
The Aloha Quilt Jennifer Chiaverini 2010
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Hours of Arthur Lyman-style exotica and slack-key guitar music get lost in the background -- as with drinks, generously mix in music that will make the guests happy.
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I had an office, Peewee was in the kitchen, Lester Chen at Reception, Sweetie in Housekeeping, Tran at the bar, Keola in Maintenance, Kawika in the garden; the poolside lanai, the narrow lobby -- Amo Ferretti arranging the flowers; the potted palms, the monkeypod tree out front, the slack-key Hawaiian music.
Beard 2010
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Kai was leading some of his young cousins in a rousing, rather aggressive tune that sounded vaguely familiar, although Bonnie was sure she had never heard it played on ukulele and slack-key guitar before.
The Aloha Quilt Jennifer Chiaverini 2010
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Hours of Arthur Lyman-style exotica and slack-key guitar music get lost in the background -- as with drinks, generously mix in music that will make the guests happy.
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Hours of Arthur Lyman-style exotica and slack-key guitar music get lost in the background -- as with drinks, generously mix in music that will make the guests happy.
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Kai was leading some of his young cousins in a rousing, rather aggressive tune that sounded vaguely familiar, although Bonnie was sure she had never heard it played on ukulele and slack-key guitar before.
The Aloha Quilt Jennifer Chiaverini 2010
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Andy Summers of the Police, the master of ceremonies, introduces the first contestant -- Makana, who blends country finger-picking with the slack-key style of his native Honolulu.
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I have loved music since I was a child, and have any number of musical heroes, from Andres Segovia to Bob Dylan to Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Keola Beamer to Richard Thompson to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Archive 2007-04-01 Bruce Schauble 2007
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