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kā.ʻeke.ʻeke

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvt. Bamboo pipes, varying in length from .3 to about 1 m; usually with one end open. A player held one vertically in each hand tapping down on a mat or on the ground. The tone varied according, to the size of the tube. Several musicians might play at once. (UL 143–4, Roberts 53.) Barrèrre suggests (Barrèrre, Pukui, and Kelly 11) that kāʻekeʻeke as the name for bamboo pipes seems to have originated with Emerson. She quotes Andrews (who refers to Laie) as saying the name applied to coconut-tree drums. It is also used as a verb. Also ʻohe kāʻekeʻeke or pahūpahū.

KA-E-KE-E-KE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To beat or play the drum, as in ancient times; e pai pahu, e hookanikani.

KA-E-KE-E-KE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A kind of drum made of the cocoanut tree.

2. The art of drumming; oia ka wa i laha mai ai ke kaekeeke.

Kaekeeke (kā'-ĕ'-kē-ĕ'-ke), n.

/ kā'-ĕ'-kē-ĕ'-ke / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Drum made of the coconut shell.

2. The art of drumming: oia ka wa i laha mai ai ke kaekeeke.

Kaekeeke (kā'-ĕ'-kĕ-ĕ'-ke), v.

/ kā'-ĕ'-kĕ-ĕ'-ke / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To beat or play the drum: e pai pahu, a hookanikani. Syn: Kaeke.

kāʻekeʻeke

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

1. Anciently, a drum made of the hollowed trunk of a coconut tree covered with sharkskin, said to have been introduced by Laʻamaikahiki when he returned from Kahiki, Tahiti. (A.) 2. Bamboo pipes of varying lengths, representing the chromatic scale, tapped on a hard surface to produce soft, well-rounded notes. (PE.) The first commercial revival of this long unremembered art was initiated by Ken Darby for Capital Records when he researched the “hollow tubes” in the Bishop Museum. He hired Hawaiians to prepare bamboo trunks to fit the chromatic scale, trained a group of Kamehameha Schools students to play them, and marketed the results in a recording, Ports of Paradise.

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