. Bulletin. Ethnology. EMERSON] UNWRITTEN LITERATURE OP HAWAII 149 The author is again indebted to Miss Eisner for the following com- ments on the iikeke: The strings of this ulvelce, the Hawaiian fiddle, are tuned to e, to b and to d. These three strings are struck nearly simultaneously, but the sound being very feeble, it is only the first which, receiving the sharp impact of the blow, gives out enough volume to make a decided impression. Ill—The Ukeke (as played by Keaonaloa) Arranged by Jennie Elsner =^iliq=zqz=:qz=:q^3=qz=q^=^q=3=q=': -0-i-0 0 0 0-0-^-0 0-0-0 0-0~*-0 0 0 g-0. T
. Bulletin. Ethnology. EMERSON] UNWRITTEN LITERATURE OP HAWAII 149 The author is again indebted to Miss Eisner for the following com- ments on the iikeke: The strings of this ulvelce, the Hawaiian fiddle, are tuned to e, to b and to d. These three strings are struck nearly simultaneously, but the sound being very feeble, it is only the first which, receiving the sharp impact of the blow, gives out enough volume to make a decided impression. Ill—The Ukeke (as played by Keaonaloa) Arranged by Jennie Elsner =^iliq=zqz=:qz=:q^3=qz=q^=^q=3=q=': -0-i-0 0 0 0-0-^-0 0-0-0 0-0~*-0 0 0 g-0. The early visitors to these islands, as a rule, either held the music of the savages in contempt or they were unqualified to report on its character and to make record of it. We know that in ancient times the voices of the men as well as of the women were heard at the same time in the songs of the hula. One of the first questions that naturally arises is, Did the men and the women sing in parts or merely in unison? It is highly gratifying to find clear historical testimony on this point from a competent authority. The quotation that follows is from the pen of Capt. James King, who was with Capt, James Cook on the latter's last voyage, in which he discovered the Hawaiian islands (January 18, 17T8), The words were evidently penned after the death of Captain Cook, when the writer of them, it is inferred, must have succeeded to the command of the expedition. The fact that Captain King weighs his words, as evidenced in the footnote, and that he appreciates the bearing and significance of his testimony, added to the fact that he was a man of distinguished learning, gives unusual weight to his statements. The subject is one of so great in- terest and importance, that the whole passage is here quoted.* It adds not a little to its value that the writer thereof did not confine his remarks to the music, but enters into a general description of the hula. The only regret is that he did not
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