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 THE UKULELE
•:

CONTENT
▪ The history of the Ukulele
▪ Know its parts
▪ Ukulele sizes
▪ Differences between the ukulele and a guitar
▪ Some apps related to the ukulele
▪ Fun facts about the ukulele
 THE HISTORY OF THE UKULELE

PART 1
.The ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument, which was
originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian adaptation of the
Portuguese machete instrument, introduced to Hawaii by
Portuguese immigrants, many from Madeira and the Azores.

.It gained great popularity elsewhere in the United States during

the early 20th century, and from there spread internationally.

.According to Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last Hawaiian monarch, the

name means "the gift that came here", from the Hawaiian words
uku (gift or reward) and lele (to come).

.Developed in the 1880s, the ukulele is based on several small

guitar-like instruments of Portuguese origin, the machete,
introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants
from Madeira and Cape Verde.
 PART2
United States mainland
.

Pre–World War II
The ukulele also made inroads into early country music or old-time music
parallel to the then popular mandolin. 

Post–World War II 

From the late 1940s to the late 1960s, plastics manufacturer Mario Maccaferri
turned out about 9 million inexpensive ukuleles. The ukulele continued to be
popular, appearing on many jazz songs throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. 

Post-1990 revival
After the 1960s, the ukulele declined in popularity until the late 1990s, when
interest in the instrument reappeared. During the 1990s, new manufacturers began
producing ukuleles and a new generation of musicians took up the instrument. 

The creation of YouTube was a large influence on the popularity of the ukulele.
The ready availability of thousands of instructional videos has greatly expanded
the popularity of this instrument, and it is now commonly heard in pop music and
even TV commercials.
Manuel Nunes
(1843 - 1922)

1998 Hall of Fame Inductee

Manuel Nunes emigrated to Hawaii from Madeira in 1879 and quickly became a major force in the
transformation of the Madeiran machete to the Hawaiian ukulele. He established himself as one of the earliest
ukulele makers and operated his manufacturing company for over 40 years, much longer than any of the early
makers. Many of his handcrafted instruments bore the label "M. Nunes, Inventor of the Ukulele and Taro Patch
Fiddles in Honolulu in 1879." His skills were inherited by apprentices such as Samuel Kamaka and his son
Leonardo Nunes, who carried on the tradition of fine quality ukulele construction.
 KNOW ITS PARTS

1. Head — where the four tuning adjusters are located.

2. Tuning adjusters — These are the four pegs that are turned clockwise or counter-clockwise to tune the ukulele.
3. Neck (or fret board) — This is where the frets are located and where you should press the strings to make chords and play specific
notes.
4. Frets — These are the spaces separated by thin, wooden or metal sticks and located on the neck.
5. Body — This is where the sound resonates. It usually has a hole in the middle.
6. Saddle and Bridge — This is what supports the strings.
 UKULELE SIZES

UKULELE SIZES
4TYPES:

. SOPRANO, CONCERT, TENOR & BARITONE SOPRANO UKULE

 Soprano ukulele
Length: 21″
Tuning: GCEA, ADF#B
Number of frets: 12-15
The most common and
standard type of ukulele is the
soprano ukulele. It’s the
smallest ukulele and is known
for its thin, jangly sound so
commonly associated with
ukuleles.
Concert ukulele
Length: 23″
Tuning: GCEA (re-entrant),
GCEA (linear)
Number of frets: 15-20
The concert ukulele,
sometimes referred to as
the alto, is just a little
bit bigger than the
soprano and some
would consider it to
have a fuller sound.
 TENOR
UKULELE
Length: 26″
Tuning: GCEA (re-
entrant), GCEA (linear)
Number of frets: 15+
The tenor ukulele is just a little
bit bigger than the concert uke.
The overall sound and tone is
even fuller than it’s smaller
brothers. For performers, the
tenor ukulele is great because you
get a rich full sound, and since
you have more frets, you’re able
to reach higher notes on the
BARITONE
UKULELE
Length: 30″+
Tuning: DGBE
Number of frets: 19+
The baritone ukulele is the biggest of
the ukes. It’s tuned down lower to
DGBE, which is equivalent to the
tuning of the bottom four strings on a
guitar. This is going to produce a deeper
sound. While you can still strum it like
any other ukulele, you’re going to really
lose that bright crisp sound that you’d
get with soprano. Baritone ukes are
great for blues players and
fingerpickers, or those who prefer that
deeper and fuller sound.
ukulele GUITAR
VS
• A ukulele is more like a guitar than
it is like any other instrument .
• Ukuleles are less expensive.
• Ukuleles are much easier to
transport.
• Ukuleles require much less
strength. and toughness-of-fingers
than a guitar.
• Guitars are bigger than ukuleles in
size.
• The standard guitar has six strings.
SOME APPS RELATED TO THE UKULELE

UKULELE TUNER
PLAY UKE
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UKULELE
 Fun facts about the ukulele
The ukulele descended ukulele means
from an instrument called The first man on the moon,
Neil Armstrong loved to “jumping flea” in
a machete brought to the Hawaiian. However,
islands by sailors visiting play the ukulele (
as do many other famous p the last queen of the
Hawaii from Portugal. Kingdom of Hawaii,
eople
). In fact, after visiting the Liliuokalani,
moon he spent several translated ukelele as
weeks in quarantine as “gift from afar
scientists at the time feared
he may have picked up There is a
strange bacteria while in Ukelele Orchestr
space. He spent much of a
this time in quarantine in Great Britain
In the event of an strumming his uke. that is hugely
apocalypse, you can popular. They
transform your regularly
ukulele into a perform
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flamethrower.
great critical
acclaim.