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The ukulele is derived from a four-stringed guitar that the Portuguese introduced into Hawaii in the 1870s. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/ukulele/339069 -
The ukulele has been played in Europe and the United States as a jazz and solo instrument and was most popular during the first half of the 20th century.
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Eddie Condon is known for being a banjoist and guitarist but when he started exploring music by playing his brothers ukulele.
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The Annual Ukulele Festival, every summer in Waikiki, showcases Hawaiian music’s signature instrument, invented there in the 1880s. The festival includes free concerts by world-class ukulele players and an all-ukulele orchestra.
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Each May, the islands host the BVI Music Festival. This festival includes many instruments, such as the ukulele
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Singer and songwriter Ella Jenkins releases her 29th Smithsonian Folkways album, A Life in Song. Known for her call-and-response style, Jenkins, with her ukulele and harmonica, creates a lively audience with all different aged listens.
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Riptide by Vance Joy was released and this song is original recorded in ukulele.
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Dave was the captain of a plane flying over Hawaii, Dave entertained passengers by playing classic Hawaiian melodies on his ukulele. He almost let the plane run out of gas mid air because he was playing his ukulele.
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players can check out an instrument along with a bag that contains a tuner and an instruction book in libraries across Pennsylvania.
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in 2019 shortly after my brother started playing guitar I also wanted to play an instrument so I started the ukulele