FAMOUS TRADITIONAL SAMOAN GUITAR KEY (LE IGI)

With the arrival of the guitars in Samoa in the early 20th century from 1900-1920, slack keys were introduced, which are tunings different from standard keys. The Samoan forefathers created "Le Igi" around these slack keys. It's uniqueness in sound evolves around sweetness, culture, pleasantness, smoothness and peacefulness. The common names of these keys passed down from our forefathers are: KI KU FA & KI SUI KI Le Igi is also used on mostly all Taualuga Songs of

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