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ukulele
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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u·ku·le·le / ˌyoōkəˈlālē/ • n. a small four-stringed guitar of Hawaiian origin.
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Ukulele
Transcript from: Weekend Saturday (NPR); 7/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Roy Smeck. SOUNDBITE OF UKULELE MUSIC PERFORMED BY ROY SMECK, FROM LEGENDS OF UKULELE SIMON: That sounds almost like a chorus of ukuleles and it was -- it was just...was brilliant. SOUNDBITE OF UKULELE MUSIC PERFORMED BY ROY SMECK...
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Ukulele tells American story
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...26, includes more than 100 ukuleles dating back nearly a century...highly ornamented models, a ukulele owned by singer Tiny Tim...coconut shells and even beach ukuleles that reflected the groovy 1960s...on how to learn to play the ukulele in 61 seconds. A film from...
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Ukulele exhibit tugs at heartstrings
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 2/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...26, includes more than 100 ukuleles dating back nearly a century...highly ornamented models, a ukulele owned by singer Tiny Tim...coconut shells and even beach ukuleles that reflected the groovy 1960s...on how to learn to play the ukulele in 61 seconds. A film from...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Ukulele lovers stand tall; the little instrument re-gains its footing in the music world.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 8/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...does. But finding a ukulele at a flea market in...that makes and sells ukuleles - 30,000 of them to...also has written The Ukulele: A Visual History...t always that way. Ukuleles enjoyed tremendous popularity...folks still think of the ukulele as pretty fringy and...
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Ukulele players prepare for 4th annual festival
Newspaper article from: The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.; 4/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Center in 2003, the Loma Linda Ukulele Strummers was the first group...longtime friends and practice the ukulele. The group draws retired teachers...Crying in the Rain'' on their ukuleles and sang to the accompaniment...others for the love of the ukulele, harmonica or steel guitar...
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Ukulele players show they have pluck
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...By the 1970s, the little ukulele was once again set aside in...over the transcendent, the ukulele -- not as melodious as a banjo...chord again and are buying ukuleles instead. They're going to...Whitcomb of Altadena, Calif., a ukulele musician, songwriter and musical...
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Ukulele Could Be Making a Comeback
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 3/9/1993; 700+ words
; ...CONAN, Host: Tune in for some serious ukulele music, after headlines from Jean Cochran...JIM BELOFF, Editor, Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Favorites: [singing] `Tiptoe to the...a year ago when he says a Martin tenor ukulele jumped out and said take me home. He...
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Ukulele euphoria Little four-stringed instrument makes a comeback in Hawaii and elsewhere
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/9/2000; 700+ words
; ...sells about 2,500 ukuleles a year, starting...The Hawaiian word ukulele actually means...kind of music with a ukulele." In Japan, kids are buying ukuleles to play everything...increasing numbers of ukulele clubs on the U...
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'Ukulele revolution
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 7/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Ron Loo, WCC music instructor The ukulele, so small yet so versatile. You can...Kamaka of the famed Kamaka family lineage. Ukulele aficionados who want to learn the nitty...of uke making and playing can attend "Ukulele 2002: A Weekend with the Master," Saturday...
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UKULELE
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 4/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...current revival in the popularity of the ukulele.face=-Italic; By Dean Sensui, Star...the young people who have recently taken ukulele in hand, the fast-fingered Fernandez is one of their inspirations. And the ukulele, the little guitar-like instrument...
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Ukulele
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...added more strings. Ukuleles first had their...development of the ukulele has been influenced...introduction, the ukulele became the most...Hawaii. The first ukuleles were made by hand...created to produce ukuleles. The instrument...like the modern day ukulele. Manuel Nunes was...
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ukulele
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ukulele , Hawaiian musical instrument developed from the Portuguese guitar. It has a fretted fingerboard and four strings that are plucked or strummed. Patented in 1917, the ukulele became popular in the United States in the 1920s. It is also spelled ukelele.
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J. D’Addario & Company, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Maccafieri had developed a plastic ukulele that millions of Americans...exposure Maccafieri ’ s ukulele received on Godfrey ’...nearly seven million plastic ukuleles. D ’ Addario, who...with Maccafieri before the ukulele craze was ignited, sold nearly...
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Dale, Dick
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...addition to guitar during his shows. He taught himself the ukulele as a child using a book of chords. However, the left-handed...extra strings, he began by simply muffling them and playing ukulele chords. Although he later learned to master all of the strings...
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Seger, Bob
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...He encouraged a preschool-aged Bob to learn to play the ukulele. By the time Seger had reached high school, he was playing...1987; children: Cole, Samantha Char. Learned to play the ukulele at the age of five; played electric guitar and keyboards in...
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