Hawaiian Alphabet Song (winner of John Lennon Award) | Cricket Song by DidiPop Kids

Learn the gorgeous Hawaiian Alphabet Song by DidiPop so you can read the signs when you go! From the album DidiPop Goes to Hawaii on Spotify. Next watch Coconut Candy    • Coconut Tree | Go Kamala!!  . Please subscribe! Teachers - Add hand movements for fun and more comprehensive learning. ►Listen to DidiPop on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3fidHYy ►Listen to DidiPop on Apple Music: https://apple.co/3BWQ7u6 And just ask your smart speaker to play DidiPopKids Music: Home to the Cricket Alphabet! PARENTS AND TEACHERS: Thank you so much for watching DidiPop Music with your families and/or students. SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook -   / didipopkids   Twitter -   / didipop   Instagram -   / didipopkids   TikTok -   / didipopkids   Pinterest -   / didipopmusic   I am thrilled that "The Hawaiian Alphabet Song" won the John Lennon Songwriting Grand prize! I recorded the demo in Garage Band with a loop and just vocals. When I took it to Brad Jones (at Alex The Great) in Nashville, we went thru his loops and choose the one you hear on the final master. We used Pro Tools. I sang with the loop in a general key of C. ("Like Tomorrow Never Knows", the song is in C the whole way through. (Thanks John Lennon for that great idea). The band came in the next day, and Brad and I explained our musical approach. We thought it'd be cool to have vibes and flute doubled in octaves to give it a mystical and magical feeling. I sang some harmonies and Mickey, the drummer, added percussion and some ambient words low in the mix. We started the song off with a blow of a conch shell (sampled) as the conch is used in Hawaiian culture to announce a spiritual event (like the sunset). We also added bamboo claps at the "okina" part. I wanted to introduce both one of the longest Hawaiian words I could find, "humu humu nuku nuku apa a'a" (trigger fish) and one of the shortest..."ono" (delicious). My girls (3 and 5 at the time of recording) sang on the choruses and also on the "lesson" call and response at the end. I have created a video on youtube about the recording of the song. Lyrics: A E I O U Heh, keh, la, moo noo, pee, vay (H,K,L,M,N,P,W) Okina oh-oh Okina oh-oh A E I O U Heh, keh, la, moo noo, pee, vay (H,K,L,M,N,P,W) Okina oh-oh Okina If you want to know a little bit About the Hawaiian language oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh They got 5 open vowels and 7 Magical musical consonants oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh And there's a little stop called an okina Sounds like the space between aa- ee- ii - oo uu CHORUS The Hawaiian language has a long Complicated history oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh The people with pens tried to write it all down To them it was it was a mystery oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh And we can practice by saying the Hawaiian word for triggerfish It goes "Humu humu nuku nuku apu aa" (Humu humu nuku nuku apu aa) Humu humu nuku nuku apu aa (Humu humu nuku nuku apu aa) And we can practice by saying the Hawaiian word for delicious It's "ono" (ONO) "ono" (ONO ono) chorus #didipop