ka: 1. Definite singular article replaced by ke before words beginning with a, e, o, and k, and before some words beginning with the glottal stop and p (ka ʻaka, the laugh, ke ʻala, the fragrance; ka pā, the yard, ke pā, the dish). In documents in the State Archives dating from the 1850s, ke was used also before words beginning with other letters. Ka is sometimes used before nouns that are obviously plural and instead of possessives (see ex., mae). Ka is usually translated ‘the’ except that it is not translated before English mass nouns and status titles, as ka hanohano, glory, and ke Akua, God. (Gram. 10.2.) (PNP te.)
He Manao Nui
hua = note
A oi = A♯
A emi = A♭
hua huipu = chord [he hua olelo e waiho ia aku ma kahi o "hua mahoe" he hua olelo hoohuikau paha]
A hapa = Am
[ina pono, A piha = AM [he hua olelo e waiho ia aku i mea e hoopili manao ia ai "A hapa"]
He Noiʻi
Mai ka Olelo Hawaii
a: 1. The letter. ʻĀ. Key of A, ʻo ʻē ke kī. A-minor, hapa. A-flat, emi.
ala.piʻi: n. Stairs, steps, ladder, stile, doorstep, ascent, scale (musical). See ex., ʻoʻopu 1.
ala.piʻi mele: n. Musical scale.
ʻanuʻu: 4. n. A step between two notes on a musical staff. Pili ʻanuʻu, to go up an interval (in music).
ʻanuʻu hapa: n. Half-step in music.
ʻanuʻu hapa a me nā ʻanuʻu maoli: n. An augmented second in music.
ʻē₄ n. key of A (music). Eng [?]
hapa: 3. n. A-minor in music. See lele 7.
hua: 6. nvi. ... note in music...
hua mā.hoe: n. A two-note chord.
kī: 6. nvt. Key, latch; key, pitch, and clef in music...
kiko: 1. nvt. ... dot in music indicating time added to a note, also to repeat...
leo: nvt. Voice, tone, tune, melody, sound, ...; to speak, make a sound. Cf. leoleo, leo ʻole. Kona leo, his voice. Kāna leo, his tune. Ka leo o ke kai, the sound of the sea. Kū loa i ka leo, exactly like the voice; high fidelity... I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo (hula song), you be the chief, I the servant, I shall be obedient to your command. (PPN leʻo.)
kani: 1. nvi. ... pitch in music; to sound, cry out, ring, peal, jingle, tinkle, toll, whir, resound, reverberate; roar, rumble, crow, resonance; ... to sing, as birds; voiced. Cf. leokani. Ke kani ʻana o ka leo, the sound or tone of the voice, intonation. Kani nā pele (song), jingle bells. Kani ka pila, play music... Leo kani, sweet or pleasant voice. Mākaukau, kī, kani, ready, aim, fire... hoʻo.kani. To play a musical instrument or drum; to cause to sound, honk; to crack, as a whip; to ring up on the telephone. See ex., pila 1. Hoʻokani pono, to tune, as a musical instrument. Hoʻokani pihe, to shout, roar, wail, as by a crowd. (PPN tangi).
kī: 6. nvt. ... key, pitch, and clef in music... Eng.
lele: 7. n. An interval of music, the difference in pitch between two tones, always followed by a number from one to six, especially lele kolu, an interval of a third, as from C to E, or lele lima, an interval of a fifth. Minor intervals are followed by hapa, as lele kolu hapa, an interval of a minor third. Lele may also be followed by pā- and a number, to skip that number of notes. Lele in this sense also occurs as a verb, to sing thus.
lele.puni: n. 1. A musical interval of an octave. Cf. leo lelepuni
leo lele.puni: n. A musical interlude of a full tone.
pale: 5. n. An interval of time in music, a bar in music which separates the staff into measures. See below. [?]
piʻi pāwalu: n. Octave. Lit., eightfold ascent {piʻi [maʻa mau] pā.walu [maʻa mau]}... {Maloʻo ka wai, piʻi ka lepo, the water dries up, the dirt comes up [reasoning and understanding are gone, only invective is left}
pila: 1. n. Any string instrument, formerly the fiddle; violin. Eng. Hoʻokani pila, to play music...
wā: 4. n. Space, interval, as between objects or time; in music, one of the four spaces of the staff; channel. Cf. kōwā. (PPN waa.); 5. n. Fret of an ukulele, guitar, or similar instrument.
Mai ka Olelo Beritania
chord: hua māhoe (in music).
hua mā.hoe: n. A two-note chord.
hua: 6. nvi. ... note in music...
interval: Wā; pale, ʻanuʻu, lele (in music)....
wā: 4. n. Space, interval, as between objects or time; in music, one of the four spaces of the staff; channel. Cf. kōwā. (PPN waa.); 5. n. Fret of an ukulele, guitar, or similar instrument.
kōwā: [0]
pale: 5. n. An interval of time in music, a bar in music which separates the staff into measures. See below. [?]
ʻanuʻu: 4. n. A step between two notes on a musical staff. Pili ʻanuʻu, to go up an interval (in music).
ʻanuʻu hapa: n. Half-step in music.
ʻanuʻu hapa a me nā ʻanuʻu maoli: n. An augmented second in music.
hapa: 3. n. A-minor in music. See lele 7.
a₁the letter. ʻā₈. key of A, ʻo ʻĒ [?] ke kī. A-minor, hapa. A-flat, emi.
ʻē₄ n. key of A (music). Eng [?]
kī: 6. nvt. Key, latch; key, pitch, and clef in music...
scale: 1. Measure. Alapiʻi; musical —, alapiʻi mele, pākōlī. See note, scales.
ala.piʻi: n. Stairs, steps, ladder, stile, doorstep, ascent, scale (musical). See ex., ʻoʻopu 1.
ala.piʻi mele: n. Musical scale.
pā.kō.lī: n. Musical scale, named for the first three notes of the scale.
pā: 8. n. Lowest and highest note in the musical scale, do.
kō: 5. n. Second note in musical scale, re.
lī: 4. n. Third note in musical scale, mi.
hā: 8. n. Fourth note in the musical scale, fa. Eng.
nō: 2. n. Fifth note on the musical scale, so.
lā: 9. n. Sixth note on the musical scale, la. Eng.
mī: 3. n. Seventh note in musical scale, ti.
note: 3. Musical. Leo mele, hua, hua mele. Rare: kānāwai hīmeni, kānāwai mele. Grace note, hua liʻiliʻi, hua kōkua. Leading note, hua alakaʻi. Lowest or highest note (do), pā. Whole note, hua ʻokoʻa, poʻo. Half note, poʻolima, hua hapa. Quarter note, hua hapahā, poʻoʻele. Second note (re), kō. Third note (mi), lī. Fourth note (fa), hā. Sixth note, lā. Seventh note (ti), mī. Eighth note, poʻomana. Sixteenth note, poʻomanalua. Thirty-second note, poʻomanakolu.
scales [0]
lele: 7. n. An interval of music, the difference in pitch between two tones, always followed by a number from one to six, especially lele kolu, an interval of a third, as from C to E, or lele lima, an interval of a fifth. Minor intervals are followed by hapa, as lele kolu hapa, an interval of a minor third. Lele may also be followed by pā- and a number, to skip that number of notes. Lele in this sense also occurs as a verb, to sing thus.
minor: [0?]
a: 1. The letter. ʻĀ. Key of A, ʻo ʻē ke kī. A-minor, hapa. A-flat, emi.
major: [0, aka e hoohana ia paha "piha," e like "A piha," he manao i mea e hoopili manao ia ai "A hapa"]
note: 3. Musical. Leo mele, hua, hua mele. Rare: kānāwai hīmeni, kānāwai mele. Grace note, hua liʻiliʻi, hua kōkua. Leading note, hua alakaʻi. Lowest or highest note (do), pā. Whole note, hua ʻokoʻa, poʻo. Half note, poʻolima, hua hapa. Quarter note, hua hapahā, poʻoʻele. Second note (re), kō. Third note (mi), lī. Fourth note (fa), hā. Sixth note, lā. Seventh note (ti), mī. Eighth note, poʻomana. Sixteenth note, poʻomanalua. Thirty-second note, poʻomanakolu.
octave: Piʻi pāwalu, lelepuni.
piʻi pāwalu: n. Octave. Lit., eightfold ascent {piʻi [maʻa mau] pā.walu [maʻa mau]}
{Maloʻo ka wai, piʻi ka lepo, the water dries up, the dirt comes up [reasoning and understanding are gone, only invective is left}
lele.puni: n. 1. A musical interval of an octave. Cf. leo lelepuni
leo lele.puni: n. A musical interlude of a full tone.
pick [ka hana ma ke kīkā] ʻOhi, ʻako (gather); wae, koho (select); — up, hao, lapulapu; lālau (as a fallen object); akahao (carefully); kiko, pikawai (as chickens); — at, as food, niole, ʻoninini; — out, ʻōhiki. Pick breadfruit with a pole, lou ʻulu [Hawaiian Dictionary (Pelekānia)]
kiko [Hawaiian Dictionary (Hawaiʻi)]: 1. nvt. Dot, point, spot, speck of any kind; section of a story; cock or trigger of a gun (see ex., ala 2); punctuation mark; dot in music indicating time added to a note, also to repeat; dotted, speckled, spotted; to dot, mark, peck, hatch; to pick up food, as chickens; to injure fruit, as by a fruit fly; tattooed with dots on the forehead. Ke aʻo ʻana i ke kau ʻana i nā kiko, instruction in the placing of punctuation marks. hoʻo.kiko To hatch. (PCP tito.)
[ma muli paha o ka pilina i ka hana a ka moa ma mua o ka manaʻo o ka wae ʻana]
A laila, no ke chord, "hua hui pū ʻia" paha, a i ole lawa paha "hua" wale nō, he "hua lele kolu" no ka "major chord" paha a "hua lele kolu hapa" no ka "minor chord"?