Watch out because the fiddler's fake book often has the tunes
in keys that are not the usual ones you will find that people
tend to play them in. Soometimes you will have to transpose
on the fly. Elementary music theory says that usually the
first and last note of the song are the same as what key it
is in...sometimes this helps. A good way to learn what chords
to use is to go to a fiddle festival or contest and hang out
and jam with the folks in the parking lot, or camp ground or
where ever they go. There is usually a lot of playing going
on between coontest or performance times. I am not sure if
there are such things in Hawaii, if not there should be!
The mexican vaqueros who influenced hawaiian music might
have added some mariach fiddle tunes to the island's repertoire.