Ukulele: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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Encyclopedia: Ukulele
The ukulele (Hawaiian: ʻukulele, IPA pronunciation: /ʔukulele/; Anglicised pronunciation usually IPA: /ˌjukəˈleɪli/), sometimes spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four strings or four courses of strings.[1]
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How to say "Ukulele" in other languages:
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(Chinese) | 烏克麗麗 |
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(Japanese) | ウクレレ |
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(German) | Ukulele |
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(Spanish) | Ukelele |
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(French) | Ukulélé |
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(Italian) | Ukulele |
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Ernest Ka'ai (1881-1961) was an ukulele virtuoso responsible for making the ukulele an indispensible instrument in the typical Hawaiian ensemble. In 1916 he published "The Ukulele; A Hawai'ian Guitar", the first serious text on the ukulele, its techniques, and its music...
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- bass, guitar, piano, ukulele, vocals, orchestral arrangements Lindsey Buckingham - background vocals Benmont Tench - organ, piano, keyboards Scott Thurston - guitar, ukulele, lap steel guitar Ron...
Bliss Blood plays ukulele in the Hawaiian-themed New York City group The Moonlighters. She often collaborates with members of The Melvins. An Omaha native, Blood began performing in 1985 with The Pain Teens, a noisy atmospheric duo with Scott Ayers from Texas. Later she moved to New York City and...
Papa Charlie Jackson was an early male bluesman to record. He played a hybrid banjo-guitar and ukulele, recording beginning in 1924. Much of his life remains a mystery, but it is probable that he was born in New Orleans and died in Chicago in 1938. Originally performing in minstrel and medicine...
style. He sang comic songs, full of double-entendre, to his own accompaniment on the ukulele, for... With my Little Ukulele in my Hand With my Little Stick of Blackpool Rock Mother What'll I do Now...
and the ukulele -- and the hula. The earliest known music of Hawaii was the hula, which featured a... instrument ukulele ( jumping flea ) in reference to the man's swift fingers. Others have claimed the... new instruments, such as the ukulele and steel guitar. Kalakaua's successor, his sister...
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Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
and The Chordettes. Godfrey frequently played his trademark ukulele. The show was live, and...
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