Marketplace by Cyril Pahinui | Classic Hawaiian Mēle “Marketplace” is Cyril Pahinui’s own composition, an instrumental for 6-string guitar in G-major “taro patch” tuning (D–G–D–G–B–D). The piece paints a musical picture of Honolulu’s Chinatown – a place Cyril knew well and loved deeply – with its fish stalls, chop suey restaurants, theaters, music halls, and mix of cultures all moving through the streets together. You can hear that stroll in the rhythm: a gentle, steady pulse underneath, melody