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1、The introduction of ukuleleBy杨晓琴1 The instrument has long been associated with Hawaii, but its origins were actually in Portugal. In the late 1870s, Portuguese sailors brought a ukulele-type instrument called the braguinha to the Hawaiian Islands. The native Hawaiians were impressed when they saw th
2、e speedy and intricate finger-work of the man playing the stringed instrument; they dubbed it a “ukulele”(到来的礼物)which means “jumping flea”in English. Sometimes, it is also called a “uku(礼物)”lele(到来)读作:oo-koo-ley-leyIn only a decade, it became Hawaiis most popular instrument. The origin of ukulele2he
3、ad-琴头peg -弦钮neck-琴颈flats-品格hall-音孔body-琴体bridge-琴桥3Four types :the soprano, (21寸53cm)the concert ukulele(23寸,60cm)the tenor, 26寸,65cmthe baritone.30寸,即为Britone型，简称B型advangtages:light ,pretty and compactdisadvangtages:strings get looseunreliable and looked cheap4Two normal shapes:like oringnal guitar
4、 shape and pineapple shapeFrom this picture, its a common guitar shaped ukulele in my hand5A ukulele is in the family of stringed instruments and looks like a small, four-stringed version of a guitar It is tuned and played just like a guitar, with tuning going from the top string to the bottom string using G C E and A on the piano, though the ukulele is usually tuned an octave higher than the guitar. As so many people said , its easy to learn ukuleleIs it Is it difficult difficult to learn to learn ukulele?ukulele?6http:/
