Hawaiian Hits

Island standards for the ukulele

All ukulele players need to know at least a few Hawaiian standards to be considered legitimate. Here's your chance to learn some basic Hawaiian songs to help put you on the map.

Here's what we mayplay:

BEGINNER:
Honey Baby
Three Plus
A four-chord version of this song in English is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

BEGINNER:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Jason Castro Cover Version
A four-chord version of this song in English is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

ADVANCED:
Sophisticated Hula
Sol K. Bright Cover version
A nine-chord version of this song in English is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

BEGINNER:
Hanalei Moon
Dennis Pavao
A four-chord version of this song in English/Hawaiian is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

BEGINNER:
E Huli Makou
David Chung
A four-chord version of this song in Hawaiian is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

BEGINNER:
Drop Baby Drop
The Mana'o Company
A four-chord version of this song in English is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

BEGINNER:
Poka'i Bay
Sean Na'auao
A five-chord version of this song in English is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

BEGINNER:
Guava Jelly
Ka'au Crater Boys cover version
A four-chord version of this song in English is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.

BEGINNER:
Ku'u Hoa
A four-chord version of this song in Hawaiian is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Cover, click on artist.

ADVANCED:
Tiny Bubbles
Don Ho
A ten-chord version of this song in English is available in our Sounds of Hawaii songbook.
Okilele version, click on song title.
Original, click on artist.