The Ukulele can be shaped in a wide variety of manners. The traditional is shaped like a small guitar, the body is effectively like a peanut or figure 8 that is bigger at the bottom. The pineapple shape is also very popular. There is no limitations on shape as long as the sound qualities can be maintained. And then there is the fret board which is just a long narrow rectangle coming from the top of the ukulele and the headstock on top of that, which can come in many different shapes and sizes.
Perhaps what you have is an 8 string ukulele. Sometimes called a taropatch.
its just ukulele
A small stringed instrument, shaped like a guitar, originated in Hawaii, the standard version has 4 strings and re-entrant tuning.
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It depends on the ukulele.
The Tahitian Ukulele is considered to have been based on the Hawaiian ukulele.
Not really. The standard ukulele tuning is very different then a guitar. The bass ukulele could be tuned from a bass guitar.
Anything that is played on a ukulele is ukulele music. And the instrument is extremely versatile. Just about anything that can be played on a banjo or guitar can be easily adapted to the ukulele.
Ukulele means "jumping flea" because of the motion of ones fingers when playing the ukulele.
There are lots of questions.How old is the ukulele?What is an ukulele made of?How do you tune an ukulele?
Ukulele
Ukulele has four syllables.