Posted
on February 2, 2014
The
website that declares today “World Play Your Ukulele Day” says
that the goal is to change the world “four strings at a time”!
The
ukulele is a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. The Hawaiians
based their instrument on the machete, which normally means a huge
knife but in this case means a stringed instrument brought by
Portuguese immigrants to Hawaii in the 1800s.
Did
you know that the Hawaiian word “ukulele” translates (roughly) to
“jumping flea”? I suppose that is what the fingers dancing over
the strings reminded someone who coined the word.
It's
not just Hawaiian anymore...
Not
that there is anything wrong with Hawaiian music! Oh, my gosh, you
have to check out the music video
of Israel
"IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole's version of “Somehwere Over the
Rainbow”! How gorgeous!
- And here is Hawaiian musician Jake Shimabukuro playing “Bohemian Rhapsody” on ukulele.
- Canadian musician James Hill plays his ukulele in some pretty creative ways!
- I love this classical music played on the uke by Taimane!
- And here is a homemade video by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; they're singing a song and playing a ukulele (her) and a guitar (him).
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