Understanding the Ukulele

TheGhost
TheGhost Posts: 538
edited April 2011 in The Porch
Don't "get" the ukulele? I fell in love with the uke 10 years ago and the love aint fading. If you're wondering why a rocker like Ed would get into it, here's some history.

The Ukulele was invented in Hawaii and was modeled off an instrument brought there by Portuguese sailors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVLklOvflE

It first gained mainland popularity after the Pacific Expo in San Fran in 1915

Hawaiian music became a huge fad and had an enormous impact on American music styles that were around/developing at the time, including jazz, country, ragtime, various types of folk and blues, etc..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcQYt7xv ... re=related

The uke had another wave of popularity in the 40's and 50's, when it got it rep as a novelty instrument

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wee44H4dQ4Q

The uke remained popular with songwriters and musicians throughout the folk and rock eras

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCcVg3b4ZRk

...... does that help?
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  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    Interesting! Thanks

    That 'Roy Smeck' video was amazing! As someone had posted in the Youtube comments - 'Eddie Van Halen training video!!'
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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    again with the "get".
  • jnuts721
    jnuts721 Posts: 36
    I love the ukulele....I fell in love about a year ago, and while I've been playing the guitar for 10+ years, when I'm sitting around the house just lounging, I love grabbing my uke and fiddling around

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k

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