Ukulele

The small size gives it the high pitch that it has, if it was bigger, the sound would be dropping lower and lower.

Also the small size made it easy to carry around and transport.

An ukulele is a small four-stringed instrument, similar to a guitar. The ukulele is popular in Hawaii. The word 'ukulele' itself is Hawaiian. It translates to 'jumping flea'. If you have an opportunity to watch a band play in Hawaii, watch for the mini-guitar that is the ukulele! Whenever you see someone dancing the Hula, there will be a ukulele playing the music they are swaying to. You can also see the ukulele in some modern music, such as Train's rendition of "Hey, Soul Sister" or "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz.

The ukulele is considerably easier to play than the guitar, because it has only four strings. Also, the ukulele has softer strings that did not cut into the fingertips, the way guitar strings do. Having these different strings gives the ukulele a completely different sound than the guitar. While the guitar has a metallic sound, the ukulele sounds warmer and is more suitable for the island music it plays.

If you read guitar music, you will have no problem reading the music for a ukulele. It looks just like the music for a guitar, except it is written with the four dots instead of the six! Chords are instantly recognizable.

I recommend learning the ukulele if you are looking for an easy way to play and learn the guitar. The uke is interchangeable with the guitar, but is far easier than the guitar! The instrument is cheaper to buy, too.

Jimmy Stafford plays guitar and ukulele for Train.

Like all instruments, sound is produced. This production involves creating of sound waves in frequencies that the human ear can pick up. Wave motion, harmonics, reverberation and resonance are all part of the physics of the instrument.

The link below will give you the ukulele chords for David Bowie's Lets Dance. The same sit has other artist versions as well.

The lute is an early instrument similar to the ukulele.

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It was created about 1917, often credited to Alvin Keech. It was very popular in the 20's and 30's during the vaudeville days, as it had better projection and sound than the ukulele. While it has faded in popularity, George Formby, a British actor, made it part of the musical mainstream in a large number of movies in the 40's and 50's.

Native Hawaiians are believed to be immigrants from Polynesia. There have been many immigrants from many countries, but today Hawaii is populated mostly by Native Hawaiians, the Japanese and Americans.

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The firmness of the pluck or strum can affect the volume.

Holding the instrument away from the body so that the vibrations are not muffled will help as well.

Thare less difficult to make and easier to carry around.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has performed all over the world in such famous venues as the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

It can be done, but it isn't easy. The left hander is going to have a challenge creating the chord patterns. In most cases it would be much easier to string one up in reverse.

Most instructors recommend that you just play it right handed. It really isn't much of a challenge and makes it much easier to learn using the existing charts and tabs.

The neck is going to be about 8 to 10 inches, with about 4 inch head and about 8 to 10 inch body. The soprano is typically about 22 inches total. The most important measurement is that from bridge to nut, which is 15 inches.

It depends on how you define a hole. Most have a single sound hole, but there are some models that will have two, one on the side toward the player, so they can hear the sound better. There are also some made with a double F shaped sound holes.

Jimmy Stafford plays a Fender Nohea Ukulele in 'Hey, Soul Sister.'

Portuguese immigrants to Hawaii played it and then the native Hawaiians adopted the instrument.

There are a lot more than four chords but the string names are GCEA.

Bluebird was a brand used by Harmony and for a while Regal. It was probably made by Harmony.

Ukuleles are seldom round. Normally they have a figure 8 shape like a guitar. It can be a sort of oval that looks like a pineapple. Any shape could be used.

You would certainly be able to purchase it via the internet. I'd be surprised if there were not music shops that carry ukuleles in pretty much any country.

Aquila is a string maker, like D'Addario, Martin, GHS and dozens of smaller companies. The standard for many people are the Aquila Nylgut strings, a nylon polycarbonate string with a flat finish.

String. 4 of them. By the way, most people do not pronounce the name correctly. It is not you-kah-lay-lee. In Hawai'ian, it is oo-koo-LEE-lee.